Behavioral Operations Research

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Behavioral Operations Research (BOR) examines the behavior of actual human agents in complex decision problems. BOR is the operations management analog of experimental economics and behavioral finance, and is part of the field known as management science.

Some problems studied in Behavioral Operations Research:

• Newsvendor problem
• Assignment problem
• Secretary problem
• Beer Distribution Game
• Scheduling
• Optimal maintenance
• Queueing theory

[edit] External links

• Behavioral Dynamics in Operations Management (BDOM) Network
• OM Division of the Academy of Management
• Behavioral Research in Operations Management 2006 (Conference)
• Harvard Behavioral Operations Conference
• behavioral-or.org J. Neil Bearden's Home Page
• Dr. E. Bendoly's Home Page