Perspectivas históricas de la Investigación Operacional

Abstract The history of Operational Research is part of the history of great technological and scientific developments of the twentieth century and make a historical reconstruction of its emergence and evolution, objective of this paper, as one way to further understand the development of applied mathematics, the mobilization of science during the Second World War, and the social and political contexts from which it was originated. Another aspect of this history is its influence on the development of other sciences and applications, which split the post-war period and contributed to the increa...