Advances in Operations Research Education

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. European Study on OR/MS Education

   • Ana Paula Teixeira, Hans W. Ittmann, Jeroen Beliën, João Luís de Miranda, Marco Laumanns, Margarida Vaz Pato

   Pages 1-12

3. OR/MS Education in a Changing Environment

   • Hans W. Ittmann, Jeroen Beliën, João Luís de Miranda

   Pages 13-27

4. Is Operational Research Attractive Enough at Higher Education Institutions in Croatia?

   • Kristina Šorić, Marijana Zekić-Sušac

   Pages 29-47

5. Resources for the Education in Operations Research: Past, Present and Future

   • Maria Antónia Carravilla, José Fernando Oliveira

   Pages 49-57

6. A South African Perspective on OR/MS Education

   • Hans W. Ittmann

   Pages 59-77

7. OR/MS Education: Good Practices and International Cooperation

   • João Luís de Miranda, Ana Paula Teixeira

   Pages 79-93

8. An Innovative Concept for Teaching Operations Research Applied to Health Care

   • Melanie Reuter-Oppermann, Anne Zander, Stefan Nickel

   Pages 95-105

9. Teaching OR Courses to Satisfy Educational and Professional Needs in an Engineering School

   • Evangelia Krassadaki, Michalis Doumpos, Nikolaos F. Matsatsinis

   Pages 107-122

10. Providing an Active Learning Environment for Introducing Linear Programming

    • Susana Fernandes, José C. Pereira

    Pages 123-142

11. Optimization Problems at School: Some Examples from the 1st to the 12th Grades

    • Susana Colaço, Neusa Branco, Margarida Vaz Pato

    Pages 143-157

This edited monograph contains a comprehensive overview of educational developments in the fields of operations research (OR) and management science (MS). The book outlines key factors in OR/MS curricular programs and analyses different approaches regarding student enrollment and failure rates. The approach is genuinely international, whereas the focus lies on the European level. The target audience primarily comprises public policy planners in education, deans and school directors as well as program coordinators. 

• Operations Research Curriculum
• Management Science Education
• European Higher Education Area
• European Comparative Study
• OR/MS Education

• Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  Jeroen Beliën

• Polo CMAT-UTAD, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

  Ana Paula Teixeira

• Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

  Hans W.Ittmann

• Departamento de Tecnologias, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portalegre, Portugal

  João Luís de Miranda

• ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  Marco Laumanns

• CMAF-CIO and ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

  Margarida Vaz Pato

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