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Cornell OR Faculty and students:

  • Engage in quantitative analysis and critical thinking for improved outcomes in predicting system behavior and optimizing system performance.
  • Address problems involving resource allocation, forecasting, production scheduling, strategic and tactical planning, quality control, manufacturing distribution, financial and risk analysis—and more.
  • Help influence organizational business decisions across all industries in diverse enterprises from large and small, public and private, for- and not-for-profit.
  • Use analytical technologies such as simulation, optimization, probability, and statistics to improve managerial decision making.
  • Experiment with new approaches to help solve complex problems.

radiation slice plot

Operations Research is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions.

This slice plot is part of a study on optimizing the effectiveness and minimizing the side effects of radiation therapy. 

Image courtesy of Prof. Shane Henderson