METHODS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH PHILIP M. MORSE IKOFRShOU OK Im SHS
MASSAC in M, rrs ivsrrii LI OF ri, c iiNOLO FOHMKHLl IMH1 TOR OK
m.-K Hril WE PONS SlHlM-M A H AFION SHIM 1 OKKICK OK rilK SKCHhrVKk
OK DKKKNSh GEORGE E. KIV1HAIJ IKOKI-SSOK OF III MlSlU OLlMHI
IMVMiSlI FOKMI HI 1 1. IM l i D1UKCTOK orhii noNs IA IA rioN CHOI I
MTK1 hTAri-Ji NAN FIRST EDITION REVISED Publinhod jointly by THE
TECHNOLOGY PRESS OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and JOHN
WILEY SONS, INC. - NEW YORK CHAPMAN HALL, LTD. - LONDON Chapters I
and VIII copyrighted 1951 by The Technology Press Chapters II
through VII appear herein through the courtesy of the Office of
Scientific Research and De velopment and the United States Navy
SECOND PRINTING JULY, 1 95 1 PREFACE IN A sfcNSE, this book should
have no authors names or else several pages of names Parts of the
book were written by various persons during and at the end of World
War II. What the undersigned have done is to collect the material,
rewrite some in the light of later kno ledge, expand some to make
it more generally intelligible, add chapters on organization and
general procedures, and cement the mosaic into hat is hoped to be a
fairly logical structure Since the undersigned were members of the
Operations Research Gtuup, U. S, Navy, it is perhaps not surprising
that the examples given are draun chiefly from the work of this
group, though an effort has been made to include examples from the
work of other groups Many persons have helped by discussions and
editorial criticism, including members of other operations jf ear I
roujis in this country and in Kngland To mention a few ould slight
many others, so none l l c named. During the war the scope,
methods, and triumphs of operations research ere not appreciated by
most scientists or by most military men because no information was
freely available If e are not to lose this valuable experience and
background, some of it must be made available to the scientists and
engineer as well ax to the artried services This is particularly
important if the methods of operations research have important
peacetime applications as it is believed they do. The first
publication of this woik as in classified form, just after World
War II. To further the purposes mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, hem ever, the 1 volume has now been declassified, after
suitable modification of a feu examples. The first and last
chapters have been entirely rewritten, to bring the discussion up
to date, in particular with respect to nonmihtury applications
There has been growing interest in the application of the
techniques of operations research in industry and other nonmihtary
operations. This is evidenced by the formation of a committee on
operations research of the U. S. National Research Council and of
an Operations Research dub in London, and by the institution of
classes in operations research in several American Universities. It
is hoped that the present, unclassified edition of MKTHODB OF
OPERATIONS HUBKARCH vill be equally of interest and of use to
industrial, merchandising, and nonmihtary govern mental executives
as the earlier, classified edition seems to have been in military
circles. PHILIP M. MOIIHK GEORGK K KIM BALL Wa hington, D. C.,
April 1950 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE 1 Introduction . .... 1 2
Probability . . . . . . . .... 11 3 The Use of Measures of
Effectiveness . . 38 4 Strategical Kinematics . . .. ... .61 5
Tactical Analysis . . . . 81 6 Gunnery and Bombardment Problems . .
. 110 7 Operational Experiments Auth Equipment and Tactics . . .
129 8 Organizational and Procedural Problems . . 137 Tables . . .
.146 Bibliography . . . 154 Index . . . . ...
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