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Re:Poll: What is your main focus? by saosebastiao on Saturday February 08, 2014 @06:25PM (#7203340)
Operations Research
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Re:Poll: What is your main focus? by 3rd3 on Saturday February 08, 2014 @09:20PM (#7203957)
Do you think it justifies for a separate category? Wikipedia says "It is often considered to be a sub-field of mathematics.", but I know that Wikipedia is not always correct and that I have some other small categories already at choice.
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Re:Poll: What is your main focus? by saosebastiao on Sunday February 09, 2014 @12:25PM (#7206179)
It is a bizarre conglomeration between CS, Mathematics, and Industrial Engineering. It is distinct from math in much the same way that CS is distinct from math.
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