Creativity for operational researchers

René Victor Valqui Vidal *

* Informatics and Mathematical Modelling Technical University of Denmark 2800 Lyngby, Denmark

Abstract:

This paper presents some modern and interdisciplinary concepts about creativity and creative processes specially related to problem solving. Central publications of Creativity-OR are briefly reviewed. Creative tools and approaches suitable to support OR work are also presented. Finally, the paper outlines the author's experiences using creative tools and approaches to: Facilitation of problem solving processes, strategy development in organisations, and design of optimisation systems for large scale and complex logistic systems.

Keywords: Creativity, Problem Solving, CPS, Facilitation, Strategy Development, Optimisation.

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