Episode of Series “Basis for Decision”.
Operational research calculates the probable results of alternate courses of action for planning purposes. Many problems of organisations have similar structures and can be solved by similar methods of analysis and similar mathematical models. One simple structure, the input-service- output situation, is discussed and applied to different queuing problems.
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ACMI Identifier
002585
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Management
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Operations research
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Problem solving
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Decision-making
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Operations research
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)