Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data

Nikolopoulos, K.; Tsinopoulos, C.; Vasilakis, C.

Abstract

How can policymakers and planners make informed decisions during a pandemic? What kind of (big) data are needed, and who and when is supposed to provide these? With the Operational Research community unable to get hold of reliable hard data – especially during the pandemic, the solutions promoted from analytics seem questionable. We may have to employ instead auxiliary data from social media and rapid market surveys.

Citation

Nikolopoulos, K., Tsinopoulos, C., & Vasilakis, C. (2023). Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 74(2), 448-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 9, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Jun 21, 2021
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 21, 2022
• Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
• Print ISSN: 0160-5682
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-9360
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 74
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 448-449
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1234493