Editing Operations research (section)

===Societies===
The [[International Federation of Operational Research Societies]] (IFORS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifors.org/ |title=IFORS |publisher=IFORS |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> is an [[umbrella organization]] for operational research societies worldwide, representing approximately 50 national societies including those in the US,<ref>{{cite web|last=Leszczynski |first=Mary |url=http://www.informs.org/ |title=Informs |publisher=Informs |date=8 November 2011 |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> [[Operational Research Society|UK]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orsoc.org.uk |title=The OR Society |publisher=Orsoc.org.uk |access-date=13 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060424161729/http://www.orsoc.org.uk/ |archive-date=24 April 2006}}</ref> France,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadef.org/content/index.htm |title=Société française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision |publisher=ROADEF |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Germany, [[Italian Operations Research Society|Italy]],<ref>{{cite web|author=airo.org |url=http://www.airo.org |title=AIRO |publisher=airo.org |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> Canada,<ref>{{cite web|author=cors.ca |url=http://www.cors.ca |title=CORS |publisher=Cors.ca |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asor.org.au |title=ASOR |publisher=ASOR |date=1 January 1972 |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> New Zealand,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orsnz.org.nz/ |title=ORSNZ |publisher=ORSNZ |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Philippines,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orsp.org.ph/ |title=ORSP |publisher=ORSP |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> India,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orsi.in/ |title=ORSI |publisher=Orsi.in |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Japan and South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orssa.org.za/ |title=ORSSA |publisher=ORSSA |date=23 September 2011 |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> For the institutionalization of Operations Research, the foundation of IFORS in 1960 was of decisive importance, which stimulated the foundation of national OR societies in Austria, Switzerland and Germany. IFORS held important international conferences every three years since 1957.<ref>{{citation|author=[[Richard Vahrenkamp]]|date=2023|doi=10.5771/0935-9915-2023-1-69|issue=1|pages=69–91|periodical=Management Revue – Socio-Economic Studies|title=Mathematical Management – Operations Research in the United States and Western Europe, 1945 – 1990|volume=34|s2cid=258937881 }}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The constituent members of IFORS form regional groups, such as that in Europe, the [[Association of European Operational Research Societies]] (EURO).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euro-online.org/ |title=EURO (EURO) |publisher=Euro-online.org |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> Other important operational research organizations are [[Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization]] (SISO)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sisostds.org/ |title=SISO |publisher=Sisostds.org |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> and [[Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference]] (I/ITSEC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitsec.org/ |title=I/Itsec |publisher=I/Itsec |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref>

In 2004, the US-based organization INFORMS began an initiative to market the OR profession better, including a website entitled ''The Science of Better''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scienceofbetter.org/ |title=The Science of Better |publisher=The Science of Better |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> which provides an introduction to OR and examples of successful applications of OR to industrial problems. This initiative has been adopted by the [[Operational Research Society]] in the UK, including a website entitled ''Learn About OR''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.learnaboutor.co.uk/ |title=Learn about OR |publisher=Learn about OR |access-date=13 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115172529/http://www.learnaboutor.co.uk/ |archive-date=15 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>