operations research

Preferred Label : operations research;

MeSH definition : A group of techniques developed to apply scientific methods and tools to solve the problems of DECISION MAKING in complex organizations and systems. Operations research searches for optimal solutions in situations of conflicting GOALS and makes use of mathematical models from which solutions for actual problems may be derived. (From Psychiatric Dictionary, 6th ed);

MeSH synonym : research, operations; Operational Research; Research, Operational;

MeSH annotation : no qualif;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations research;

Details

Origin ID

D009874;

UMLS CUI

C0029066;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- CALR wt Allele [NCIt concept]
- Decision Aid [NCIt concept]
- Operations research [UNESCO concept]
- Romania [NCIt concept]
- Surgery [LOINC System]
- Surgery [OBSOLETE LOINC component]
- Surgery procedure [LOINC component]
- Surgical procedures history [LOINC Class]
- decision aids [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- operable [SNOMED Notion]
- operating room [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- operating room [NCCMERP Descriptor]
- operation on face, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- surgery [MedlinePlus Topic]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Operations Research [DeCS]
- operations research [EFMI term]
Record concept(s)
- operations research [MeSH concept]
See also
- decision theory [MeSH Descriptor]
- game theory [MeSH Descriptor]
- information theory [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- research [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Research Activity [UMLS semantic type]

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