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Letter from the invited editor, special issue on DEA and MCDA
2002
Pesquisa Operacional
If we turn back to the origins of Operations Research, we will promptly recognize its major mission: to help Britain and USA in defeating fascism during the Second World War. Nowadays, OR's mission is not so distinguishable, even though we face challenges comparable to a war, like food scarcity, health service deficiencies, lack of education and provision for other basic needs, corruption, urban violence, drug traffic and so on. At first glance, OR is much more appropriate for industrial
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