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Introduction: The Use of Spreadsheet Software in the Application of Management Science and Operations Research

Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37203
School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94117-1045
larry.leblanc{at}owen.vanderbilt.edu
tagrossman{at}usfca.edu

Spreadsheets can play an important role in the MS/OR practitioner's toolkit. This is because they are an effective software development platform, supporting powerful commercial MS/OR add-ins and providing advantages in deploying models to clients. Spreadsheets also provide access to the power of MS/OR for large numbers of unsophisticated end-user modelers. In this special issue, we highlight the benefits of spreadsheet MS/OR across 10 different high-impact applications.

Key Words: philosophy of modeling; spreadsheets; optimization applications; simulation applications