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British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC): Operational Research Branch... British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC): Operational Research Branch, 1951-1974


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  • 1951-1974
  • Collection
  • The archive comprises the notes and reports of the various divisions of British Overseas Airways Corporation's Operational Research Branch, 1951-1974.
  • 10 boxes
  • The British Overseas Airways Corporation was founded in 1939 by Neville Chamberlain's government. It was incorporated in January 1944. Later it became a subsidiary of British Airways plc and ceased to be active as an airline company.
  • This collection has been weeded for unannotated duplicates.
  • There are two series, reports and notes. They have been arranged by the various divisions of the Operational Research Branch and then by that division's reference number. These reference numbers have been included in the Modern Records Centre reference number. The number series is incomplete. Where no reference was issued by BOAC the document has been given the number M, for example MSS.335/AI/2/M4 ‘The loading ratio for alternative menus', 1963. The descriptions of reports and notes are those used by BOAC
  • Open
  • The Centre holds the following other collections relating to the history, development and practice of operational research and to pioneers and practitioners in this field (collectively known as the Operational Research Archive): British European Airways: Operational Research Branch (MSS.335/AI/1); British Steel Operational Research papers and Memoranda (MSS.335/BS); the Papers of Professor Stephen Cook (MSS.335/CK); the Community Operational Research Unit (MSS.335/COR); the East Midlands Operational Research Group (MSS.335/EMORG); Papers of the Fellowship for Operational Research (MSS.335/FOR); papers for British Gas Operational Research (MSS.335/GA); British Gas North West Operational Research Reports (MSS.335/GA/NW); GKN Operational Research Reports (MSS.335/GKN); Fellowship for Operational Research (MSS.335/FOR); International Federation of Operational Research Societies (MSS.335/IFORS);Interviews with Operational Research Pioneers and Related Papers (MSS.335/INT); the Institute for Operational Research (MSS.335/IOR); the Local Government Operational Research Unit (MSS.335/LG); Miscellaneous and Fragmentary Operational Research Papers (MSS.335/MIS); Operational Analysis Branch, NATO (MSS.335/OAB); Draft Obituaries of Operational Research Practitioners (MSS.335/OBIT); the Papers of Jack Plymen (MSS.335/PLY); the Papers of Professor K. Brian Haley relating to Operational Research Quarterly (MSS.335/SO/H); the Papers of Rolphe C. Tomlinson (MSS.335/TOM); and the Papers of Dr Edward D. van Rest (MSS.335/VR).
  • English

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Operational Research Branch reports Statistical Services Branch Reports Operational Research Reports for the Accountant, Passenger Revenue Central Planning Department Reports Various reports and papers by the Operational Research Department Methods Services Department Reports Productivity Services Department Reports Management Services Department Reports Methods Services Department Notes Productivity Services Department Notes Management Services Department Notes Operational Research Notes - index sheets Engineering Development Unit Notes Analysis Branch Notes