Editorial for the special issue: “Novel Solutions and Novel Approaches in Operational Research”

Samo Drobne,Ksenija Dumičić,Lidija Zadnik Stirn

doi:10.2478/bsrj-2020-0011

Abstract

Abstract This special issue of Business Systems Research (SI of the BSR) is co-published by the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA – Section for Operational Research (SSI-SOR) and highlights recent advances in Operations Research and Management Science (OR /MS), with a focus on linking OR /MS with other areas of quantitative and qualitative methods in a multidisciplinary framework. Eleven papers selected for this SI of the BSR present improvements and new techniques (methodology) in Operations Research (OR) and their application in various fields of economics, business, spatial science, smart mobility, higher education, human resources, environment, agriculture and social networks.

Highlights

This special issue of Business Systems Research (SI of the BSR) is co-published by the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA – Section for Operational Research (SSI -SOR) and highlights recent advances in Operations Research and Management Science (OR /management science (MS)), with a focus on linking OR /MS with other areas of quantitative and qualitative methods in a multidisciplinary framework
The main objective of SOR'19 was to promote the knowledge, interest and education of OR in Slovenia, in Europe and worldwide, in order to build the intellectual and social capital that is essential for maintaining the identity of OR, especially in a time when interdisciplinary cooperation is proclaimed to be significantly important for solving problems in the current challenging times
The papers were accepted after a blind peer review process by two independent reviewers selected from SOR'19 Program Committee and by reviewers appointed by SSI -SOR

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Introduction

This special issue of Business Systems Research (SI of the BSR) is co-published by the Slovenian Society INFORMATIKA – Section for Operational Research (SSI -SOR) and highlights recent advances in Operations Research and Management Science (OR /MS), with a focus on linking OR /MS with other areas of quantitative and qualitative methods in a multidisciplinary framework. The submitted papers should present developments and new techniques in OR methods/models and their practical applications in the fields of economics, business, finance, organization, management, social sciences, environment, transport and other fields.

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