运筹学这个名词，对我们并不十分陌生。单从字眼上来解释，运筹就是运用和筹划。它是一门年轻的、具有广泛前景的应用学科。运筹学的发展历史比较短，但用途十分广泛。它与我们的工作、生活有着极为密切的联系。工业、农业、商业、运输、城市规划、医疗卫生、军事战争、科学研 The term operations research is not unfamiliar to us. From the perspective of the word alone, operational planning is to use and plan. It is a young, broad-based application discipline. The history of operations research is relatively short, but its use is very extensive. It has a very close relationship with our work and life. Industrial, agricultural, commercial, transportation, urban planning, medical and health, military warfare, scientific research