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Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data

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Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. / Nikolopoulos, Kostas; Tsinopoulos, Christos; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis.
In: Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 74, No. 2, 02.2023, p. 448-449.

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Nikolopoulos, K, Tsinopoulos, C & Vasilakis, C 2023, 'Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 448-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

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Nikolopoulos, K., Tsinopoulos, C., & Vasilakis, C. (2023). Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 74(2), 448-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

CBE

Nikolopoulos K, Tsinopoulos C, Vasilakis C. 2023. Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 74(2): 448-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

MLA

Nikolopoulos, Kostas, Christos Tsinopoulos, and Chrysovalantis Vasilakis. "Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data". Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2023, 74(2). 448-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

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Nikolopoulos K, Tsinopoulos C, Vasilakis C. Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2023 Feb;74(2): 448-449. Epub 2021 Jun 21. doi: 10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

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Nikolopoulos, Kostas ; Tsinopoulos, Christos ; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis. / Operational Research in the time of COVID-19: the ‘science for better’ or worse in the absence of hard data. In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. 2023 ; Vol. 74, No. 2. pp. 448-449.

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N2 - How can policymakers and planners make informed decisions during a pandemic? What kind of (big) data are needed, and who and when is supposed to provide these? With the Operational Research community unable to get hold of reliable hard data – especially during the pandemic, the solutions promoted from analytics seem questionable. We may have to employ instead auxiliary data from social media and rapid market surveys.

AB - How can policymakers and planners make informed decisions during a pandemic? What kind of (big) data are needed, and who and when is supposed to provide these? With the Operational Research community unable to get hold of reliable hard data – especially during the pandemic, the solutions promoted from analytics seem questionable. We may have to employ instead auxiliary data from social media and rapid market surveys.

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KW - Crisis

KW - COVID-19

KW - Hard data

KW - Auxiliary Data

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DO - 10.1080/01605682.2021.1930208

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JO - Journal of the Operational Research Society

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