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ors-literature-positioning

separate

Use when placing an Operations Research (OR) manuscript against the OR/MS literature — separating your model, results, and algorithmic guarantees from the closest prior work so the novelty is unambiguous. Positions the contribution; it does not formulate the model (ors-theory-development) or write the contribution statement (ors-contribution-framing).

When to use

• placing an OR manuscript against the OR/MS literature
• separating model, results, and algorithmic guarantees from prior work
• identifying the closest 3-5 papers
• stating technical deltas against prior work
• cross-stream placement
• making novelty checkable
• addressing positioning pushback patterns

When not to use

• formulating the model
• writing the contribution statement

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