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Decision Support for Target-Based Resource Allocation of Public Services in Multiunit and Multilevel Systems
Athanassopoulos, Antreas D. - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 2, pp. 173-187
. The paper develops a network-based representation of multilevel resource management with equity, efficiency, and … envelopment analysis and goal programming formulations integrated within an interactive planning framework. An illustrative …
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"Bi-Matching": A New Preference Assessment Method to Reduce Compatibility Effects
Delquié, Philippe - In: Management Science 43 (1997) 5, pp. 640-658
measure preferences for lotteries and riskless multiattribute alternatives. The main results are: (1) bi-matching produces …
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Modeling to Generate Alternatives: The HSJ Approach and an Illustration Using a Problem in Land Use Planning
E. Downey Brill, Jr.; Chang, Shoou-Yuh; Hopkins, Lewis D. - In: Management Science 28 (1982) 3, pp. 221-235
Public-sector planning problems are typically complex, and some important planning issues cannot be captured within a … land use planning problem provided by a regional planning commission. In this case, the method is shown to be capable of …
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Forest Management: A Multicommodity Flow Formulation and Sensitivity Analysis
Gautier, Antoine; Granot, Frieda - In: Management Science 41 (1995) 10, pp. 1654-1668
We formulate the Forest Management Problem as a Multicommodity Network Flow Problem with a convex cost function. We then show how to transfer the problem to an equivalent Single-Commodity Network Flow formulation in order to address several sensitivity analysis questions using results by Granot...
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Solution of Spatial Equilibrium Problems with Benders Decomposition
Polito, Joseph; McCarl, Bruce A.; Morin, Thomas L. - In: Management Science 26 (1980) 6, pp. 593-605
Spatial equilibrium problems are frequently formulated as large scale quadratic programming problems or linear complementarity problems. We show that these problems can be reduced to two or more smaller problems with Generalized Benders Decomposition. The procedure then becomes iterative with...
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Note---Planning for Industrial Estate Development in a Developing Economy
Fong, C. O. - In: Management Science 26 (1980) 10, pp. 1061-1067
be taken in the initial years of the planning horizon that are fairly insensitive to variation in demand and cost …
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Priority Assignment of OSHA Safety Inspectors
Everett E. Adam, Jr. - In: Management Science 24 (1978) 15, pp. 1642-1649
A priority assignment model for OSHA safety inspectors was developed and tested using 34,500 actual employee injuries from a total of 105,000 injuries in Missouri during 1973. The model combines expert opinions concerning selection of injury criteria and data from, reports of employee injuries....
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The Correlates of Entrepreneurship in Three Types of Firms
Miller, Danny - In: Management Science 29 (1983) 7, pp. 770-791
and their power is centralized at the top. Planning firms are bigger, their goal being smooth and efficient operation … characteristics of the leader; in Planning firms it would be facilitated by explicit and well integrated product-market strategies …
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Assumptional Analysis: A Methodology for Strategic Problem Solving
Mitroff, Ian I.; Emshoff, James R.; Kilmann, Ralph H. - In: Management Science 25 (1979) 6, pp. 583-593
This paper deals with the critical role that assumptions play in strategic planning and strategic problem forming. It …) challenging key policy assumptions. The paper shows how the dialectical approach to strategic planning first suggested by … approach. Delacorte, New York.) and Mason (Mason, R. O. 1969. A dialectical approach to strategic planning. Management Sci. 15 …
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An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Dialectical Inquiry Systems
Cosier, Richard A.; Ruble, Thomas L.; Aplin, John C. - In: Management Science 24 (1978) 14, pp. 1483-1490
Numerous quantitative planning models have been developed and successfully applied to facilitate the solutions of … planning process premised on Hegelian logic. Limited field studies have reported generally positive reactions toward DIS, but … general the DIS did not lead to significantly better objective performance when compared to alternative planning approaches …
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