The land development process with its concomitant financial analysis is described for new communities. A multi-period linear programming model was constructed permitting the determination of (1) maximum revenues, (2) the optimal development schedule, (3) the optimal parcelization schedule, and...

Legal decisions in the mental health field, and the process of deinstitutionalization have brought about an increasingly complex system of service delivery for the mentally retarded. We present a linear programming model to assist in managing such delivery systems. The usefulness and...

Research on information flow in organizational networks has focused on structural aspects and the identification and location of special communicators or "gatekeepers." In this paper, the methods of system reliability are adapted to the systematic analysis of information flow networks; in this...

The problem of allocating construction minerals is rarely considered by those who plan the destiny of our urban environment. The purpose of this research is: (1) to delineate in dollar terms the magnitude of the result of not planning for the consumption of construction minerals, and (2) to...

Commercially available tracking systems based on advanced communications and computing technology allow a dispatcher of hazardous material transports to monitor the movement of vehicles on a transportation network in real time. When unexpected events occur, a dispatcher working with this new...

Increased maritime traffic, new types of vessels, and construction of oil and gas producing structures have made navigating in close waters more hazardous. In addition, attempts to increase shipboard productivity have resulted in fewer personnel on board the vessel. This paper reports on the...

This note identifies instances where nonlinearities may occur in the application of goal programming. An illustration is presented and implications discussed.