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Hungarian Operations Research Society

Hungarian Operations Research Society is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hungarian Operations Research Society rather than just read about it. In short: The Hungarian Operations Research Society (HORS) is the professional non-profit society for the scientific field of Operations Research in Hungary. The society is recognized by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and its subgrouping, the Association of European Operational Research Societies, as the main national society for Operations Research in its country, Aims and scope The main aims…

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Reference excerpt

The Hungarian Operations Research Society (HORS) is the professional non-profit society for the scientific field of Operations Research in Hungary. The society is recognized by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies and its subgrouping, the Association of European Operational Research Societies, as the main national society for Operations Research in its country,

Aims and scope The main aims of the society are to

provide information relevant to the scientific public life in operations research (OR), spread the OR culture, build and maintain ties with similar scientific societies at domestic (Bolyai János Mathematical Society, John von Neumann Computer Society) and international (EURO, IFORS) level, organize domestic and international conferences, workshops. Hungary has a long tradition in cultivating the theory and application of OR. Researchers have contributed to several areas of this scientific discipline. OR is included in the curriculum of college and university education. Among universities that offer OR related courses and also degree it is worth mentioning Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, University of Debrecen, Eötvös Loránd University, Óbuda University, University of Pannonia, Széchenyi István University, and University of Szeged. The doctoral (PhD) schools of these universities offer research topics in OR within mathematics, computer science, informatics and engineering. The importance of OR has been recognized also by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS). As a result, HAS has set up the Academic Committee of Operations Research. Many members of the committee are also members of HORS.

History Operations Research (OR) was introduced in Hungary by Prof. András Prékopa in 1959. It rapidly raised considerable interest in academic and industrial circles. The first Hungarian Conference on Operations Research was held in 1967 with over 100 participants. While subsequent conferences were organized on a regular basis the official formation of the Hungarian Operations Research Society (HORS) dates to 1991. The membership consists of ordinary members, students, retired members as well as honorary members and sponsors. Members (except honorary) pay membership fee which makes the society self-supporting.

Governance The society is governed by the Presidium elected for three years and consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary and two members. The Honorary President of HORS is Prof. Acad. András Prékopa. In 2014–2017 the President was Prof. István Maros. The current President is Prof. Miklós Pintér.

Awards HORS recognizes the long lasting, successful and influential OR activities of its members by awarding the "Egerváry memorial plaquette" to at most one person a year.

Conferences HORS organizes/co-organizes two series of conferences: since 2004 every other year VOCAL (Veszprém Optimization Conference: Advanced Algorithms) an international conference co-organized with University of Pannónia (Veszprém, HU) and in the gap years Hungarian Conference on Operations Research. Both series are well attended. Hungarian operations researchers organized a series of Mathematical Programming Conferences in Mátrafüred and Mátraháza (Hungary) in the period of 1970 and 1980. The events were an important meeting point between OR people of East and West during the cold war. These series formed the basis of the more recent VOCAL conferences. HORS played an important role in the success of the EURO 2000 (EURO XVII) conference held in Budapest, Hungary, as a co-organizer of the event.

Publications The society contributes to the maintenance of the Central European Journal of Operations Research (CEJOR).

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hungarian Operations Research Society

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hungarian Operations Research Society claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hungarian Operations Research Society before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hungarian Operations Research Society ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hungarian Operations Research Society

In research: Hungarian Operations Research Society appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hungarian Operations Research Society in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hungarian Operations Research Society is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1991 establishments in Hungary, Operations research societies, Research institutes established in 1991, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hungarian Operations Research Society outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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