[urthor]

> This metaphorical braid shows the integration of the foundational fields, labeled S, OR, and C. Figure I.1 Integration of Statistics, Operations Research, and Computing

Brilliant.

The single biggest issue I see working in this area today are two things:

Lack of historical context. People have no clue about the history of quantitative management (rocky, lots of ups and downs)

And sales. Terrible, terrible salesmanship from nerds.

Anyone involved in this field professionally needs to read this book.

Rapidly.