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The intellectual journey of Russell Ackoff: from OR apostle to OR apostate

M W KirbyLancaster UniversityLancasterUKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1127-1140 | Received 01 Jan 2003, Accepted 01 Jul 2003, Published online: 21 Dec 2017

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M W Kirby. (2005) Reply to Richard Ormerod. Journal of the Operational Research Society 56:7, pages 876-877.
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