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Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data

Nikolopoulos, K.; Tsinopoulos, C.; Vasilakis, C.

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Authors

C. Tsinopoulos

C. Vasilakis



Abstract

How can policymakers and planners make informed decisions during a pandemic? What kind of (big) data are needed, and who and when is supposed to provide these? With the Operational Research community unable to get hold of reliable hard data – especially during the pandemic, the solutions promoted from analytics seem questionable. We may have to employ instead auxiliary data from social media and rapid market surveys.

Citation

Nikolopoulos, K., Tsinopoulos, C., & Vasilakis, C. (2023). Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 74(2), 448-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 9, 2021
Online Publication Date Jun 21, 2021
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date Oct 5, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of the Operational Research Society
Print ISSN 0160-5682
Electronic ISSN 1476-9360
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 74
Issue 2
Pages 448-449
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1234493

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