This is a video for high school students and teachers that demonstrates the relevance and excitement of operations research and mathematics in general. This videotape is an invaluable teaching aid for introducing operations research concepts. Among the operations research applications discussed are:
- scheduling in television stations news and editing rooms
- determining expected line lengths at Disney World
- scheduling and routing airlines at major airports and
- calculating the most efficient route for mail carriers, street sweepers, and others.
- scheduling in television stations news and editing rooms
- determining expected line lengths at Disney World
- scheduling and routing airlines at major airports and
- calculating the most efficient route for mail carriers, street sweepers, and others.
The video uses both world-renowed experts and students to convey its message.
High School teachers who plan to use this as a classroom teaching tool can obtain a video at no charge by sending a request on school stationery to the following address. The video will be mailed within a few days of receipt of the request.
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Send Requests to:
INFORMS
Attn: [High School Video] or [College Video]
7240 Parkway Drive, Suite 310
Hanover, MD 21076
or e-mail your request specifying which video you are interested in to:
rafael.mcfadden@informs.org
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