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The term Operations Research was coined in the year

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The term Operations Research was coined in the year ____________.

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The term Operations Research was coined in the year 1940. The term "operational research" was originally used in Britain during World War II to connote scientific research done to integrate new radar technologies into Royal Air Force tactics. By 1941 the term had expanded to encompass research done to assist military officers in developing tactics and planning combat operations, whether or not technology played a critical role in the analysis.
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