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Management Science

• �Sometimes
• known as Operations Research.
• �It is
• the branch of mathematics concerned with helping governments, businesses and
• individuals operate as efficiently as possible.

Urban Services

• �The
• underlying theme of management science is to find the BEST method for solving
• some problem (finding the optimal
• solution).
• The
• problem may be to do the job…
• �as
• quickly as possible…
• �as
• profitable as possible…
• �as
• cost effective as possible…
• �Urban
• services to we might want to optimize: checking parking meters, delivering mail
• and removing snow.

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