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Ministry of Supply and War Office: Military Operational Research Unit, successors...
Catalogue reference: WO 291
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WO 291
Reports, memoranda and notes of the Air Defence Research and Development Establishment, the Army Operational Research Group and its predecessor the Military Operational Research Unit, various army operational research units under command in the...
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WO 291
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Supply and War Office: Military Operational Research Unit, successors and related bodies: Reports and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports, memoranda and notes of the Air Defence Research and Development Establishment, the Army Operational Research Group and its predecessor the Military Operational Research Unit, various army operational research units under command in the field, the Coast Artillery Experimental Establishment, the School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Anti-Aircraft Command, and the Ministry of Supply Operational Research Group. The papers reflect its work on military equipment, war-gaming, and other operational analysis techniques.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For reports and memoranda of the Royal Radar Establishment and predecessors of the Ministry of Technology and predecessors see AVIA 26
For reports of the Defence Operational Analysis Establishment see DEFE 48
For records of the Military Personnel Research Committee see WO 348
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Air Defence Research and Development Establishment, 1941-1944
- Coast Artillery Experimental Establishment, 1943-1946
- Ministry of Supply, Military Operational Research Unit, 1941-1946
- Ministry of Supply, Operational Research Group, 1942-1948
- School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery, 1942-1950
- War Office, Army Operational Research Group, 1946-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2703 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1984 Ministry of Defence
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Series is accruing.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is an extensive glossary with the paper list in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Operational research is the application of scientific methods to the study of operational problems. A problem is studied with the aim of identifying the dominant factors involved. On this basis a theoretical representation - or 'model' - of the interactive processes is developed, and this model is then validated against observed data. The model can then be used to determine the sensitivity of factors, thereby providing a basis for making operations more effective.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14495/
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