Apart from work in the mining industry during the 1950s, the first real Operations Research (OR) group in South Africa was established at CSIR in the early 1960s. Those initially involved in this group played a significant role in establishing OR at various universities in South Africa. The OR group at CSIR did however continue and today the group still exists. This paper presents a brief history of this group and endeavours to provide a glimpse of some of the projects conducted over the many years since its establishment.
Reference:
Ittmann, HW, et al. 2007. Operations research at CSIR - a brief history in cases. Orion, Vol. 23(1), pp 73-88
Ittmann, H., Van Dyk, F., Meyer, I., & Janse Van Rensburg, S. (2007). Operations research at CSIR - a brief history in cases. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1025
Ittmann, HW, FE Van Dyk, IA Meyer, and SJ Janse Van Rensburg "Operations research at CSIR - a brief history in cases." (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1025
Ittmann H, Van Dyk F, Meyer I, Janse Van Rensburg S. Operations research at CSIR - a brief history in cases. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1025.
