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operations research

operations research noun: the application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.

Noun

operations research (uncountable)

  1. (operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.

operations research meaning in Tamil, Malay and Indonesian

operations research in Tamil

செயல் உகமஆய்வியல்

operations research in Malay

application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making
penyelidikan kendalian

operations research in Indonesian

application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making
riset operasi

Synonyms of operations research

Questions about operations research

What does operations research mean?
Operations research means the application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
What is operations research in Tamil?
Operations research in Tamil is செயல் உகமஆய்வியல். See Operations research meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is operations research?
Operations research is a noun.

Words near operations research in the dictionary

  1. operationistic
  2. operationists
  3. operations
  4. operations manager
  5. operations managers
  6. operations research
  7. operatise
  8. operatised
  9. operatises
  10. operatising
  11. operatist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operations research (page history and authors); operations research (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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