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The design and implementation of OR/SM: A prototype integrated modeling environment

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This paper describes the design, implementation, and interaction of the processes of OR/SM, a computerized modeling environment built on ORACLE Tools and Database (OR) using Structured Modeling (SM) as the conceptual framework. Some of the key features of OR/SM include: (a) interactive checking of model syntax and semantics; (b) automatic gen-eration of relational database tables for model data; (c) automatic generation of several reference documents; (d) automatic and interactive links to SAS, a powerful and widely used commercial statistical analysis software system and optimization solver; and (e) an interactive link to QS (Quantitative Systems) - a commercial software package for solving a wide range of operations management models.

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Kang, M., Wright, G.P., Chandrasekharan, R. et al. The design and implementation of OR/SM: A prototype integrated modeling environment. Annals of Operations Research 72, 211–240 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018948305095

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