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The problem I see is, that it is really difficult to understand the OR sphere from the outside. While one can identify the need for some regular software produc
by stfu 14y ago
The problem I see is, that it is really difficult to understand the OR sphere from the outside. While one can identify the need for some regular software product (App, etc) by just watching and participating actively in the market, this seems almost impossible in OR.
- mck- 14y agoIt is exactly this problem that I hope to address with this blog post, trying to induce more to cross the bridge between CS and OR. The point is that the OR sphere is really not that hard to understand (although ORites have done a pretty good job making it seem so). OR as a field has always had the problem of ambiguity and definition. Some call it Management Science, some call it Industrial Engineering. But whatever it entails, it has always suffered from visibility, especially in the hacker sphere, since it's not consumer related. I don't think it is impossible to educate/increase awareness of OR in the market. Surely, the market is still behind as it is currently being educated on the value of simple analytics and data science, but eventually, I think the opportunity looms large for OR. It just has that irrefutable added value. But again, we need hackers to truly bring forth that value.