

According to the Operational Research Society of UK, Operational Research is the application of methods of modern science on complex problems arising in the direction and management of large systems of men, machines, materials and money in the industry, business, government, and defence. It helps in providing quantitative aid to the management in a decision-making process. Formulating the Problem: OR is a research into the operation of a man machine organisation and must consider the economics of the operation in formulating a problem for O.R. The Impact Factor of this journal is 5.334, ranking it 15 out of 84 in Operations Research & Management Science. Operations Research is also known as management science, decision science or industrial engineering. So there is a great scope for economist, statisticians, administrators, politicians and technicians working in a team to solve this problem by an O.R. The basic problem in most of the developing countries in Asia and Africa is to remove poverty and hunger as quickly as possible. has solved successfully many cases of research for military, the government and industry. Research phaseObservation & data collectionFormulation of hypothesisExperimentationAnalysisGeneralization3. Operation research, like scientific research is based on scientific methodology which involves following steps. In its recent years of organized development, O.R. Judgment phaseIdentification of problemSelection of appropriate goalMeasurement Formulation of model2. Operations research analysts are high-level problem-solvers who use advanced techniques, such as optimization, data mining, statistical analysis and. OPERATIONAL RESEARCHThe scope of operational research (OR)is the study and analysis of operational and process that arein progress or planned in a particular organizational unit (enterprises, factory, workshop) etc.Methodology in which cooperate and social activities producing goods and services are understoodas a system which output result when input is given.CHARACTERISTICS OF OPERATION RESEARCHOperational research is a system approachOperational research is an Inter-disciplinary team approachOperational research increases creative ability of the decision makerOperational research is scientific approachDefiningObservingFormulatingTestingAnalyzingOperational research is objective approachDigital computerOperational research is a continuing processOptimizing natureHuman factorQuantitative solutionUncovering of new problemSCIENTIFIC METHOD1.
