British Iron and Steel Research Association

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The British Iron and Steel Research Association or BISRA, formed in 1944, was the research arm of the British steel industry. It was located on Hoyle Street, in Sheffield.[1] BISRA's research has been responsible for much of the automation of modern steelmaking. BISRA were pioneers of digital computing in the steel industry.[2]

BISRA was funded 15% by a grant from the government of the United Kingdom, and 85% by a cooperative of several steelmaking companies. [3]

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  1. ^ "British iron and steel AD1800-2000 and beyond", Edited by C Bodsworth, ISBN-13: 978 1 86125 119 0, December 2001, published by Woodhead Publishing Limited, Abington Hall, Abington, Cambridge, CB1 6AH, England, 444 pages
  2. ^ "A History of OR and Computing", J. C. Ranyard, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 39, No. 12 (Dec., 1988), pp. 1073-1086
  3. ^ "Choosing the Operational Research Programme for B.I.S.R.A.", R. H. Collcutt, R. D. Reader OR, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep., 1967), pp. 219-242
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