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The Approximate Ruin Function for A Risk Process with Compounding Assets
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The Effect of Race, Insurance and Distance Upon the Utilization of Physician Services
This paper examines the relationships between the utilization of physician services and three variables — race, insurance, and distance to care — in a rural setting. Four measures of utilization are considered: (1) Total number of physician…
The Management and Economics of MIS Software Development Projects
Abstract not available.
The Multi-Region Dynamic Capacity Expansion Problem - 11
We consider the problem of determining a schedule of capacity expansions for m producing regions and a schedule of shipments from the regions to the n markets so as to meet the market demands over a T-period planning horizon at minimum discounted…
The Role of Territory Characteristics in Sales Response Functions
This paper presents a study of sales response functions in the retail apparel industry. Past research is reviewed and critiqued. The results of this study indicate that the territory characteristics of sales potential and workload are important…
The Stage Hypothesis and the S-Curve: Some Contradictory Evidence
This paper presents the results of a study testing the s-shaped budget curve of Nolans stage model of computer development in an organization. Research on the data processing budgets of California counties fails to support the s-shaped curve or…
An Information System for Community Health Services Planning and Management
One response to the crisis on the American health care scene has been the formation of new kinds of organizations to deliver care on a more cost-effective and equitable basis. Due to the added responsibilities of delivering truly comprehensive…
An Interactive Procedure for the School Boundary Problem With Declining Enrollment
School districts in some urban areas are facing reduced enrollments. Educational and economic considerations dictate closing schools. Parents, on the other hand, often resist closing neighborhood elementary schools and object to having children…
Behavioral Factors in System Implementation
A descriptive model of variables influencing the use of an information system is presented. The model is tested with empirical data from a study of the use of a sophisticated sales information system. These results suggest three crucial factors…
Bounds and Transformations in the Computational Theory for Finite State and Action Markov Decision Processes
New improved bounds on the optimal return function infinite state and action, infinite horizon, stationary Markov decision processes are developed. They require solving a single constraint, bounded variable linear program, which can be done using…
A Descriptive Model of Information Systems in the Context of the Organization
Dynamic Memory Allocation in a Simulation Environment
This paper investigates the performance of dynamic memory allocation and deallocation algorithms when used to manage memory for simulation programs. A total of 35 different algorithms were programmed for test. A set of 18 different test demand…
Frameworks for Information Systems
Six frameworks for information systems are reviewed. Each framework is evaluated on a series of criteria describing its usefulness for academicians and practitioners. The evaluation demonstrates that each of the frameworks is best suited for…
A Goal Partitioning Procedure for Modeling Coordination Activities in a Hierarchical Decentralized Organization
A mathematical model of the resource allocation decision process in a two level decentralized organization is presented. The model and solution procedure are capable of representing a wide range of behavioral situations. Some important aspects of…
Improved Penalties for the Branch and Bound Algorithm
Improved penalty calculation for the branch and bound algorithm, as applied to mixed integer programming problems, are presented. For a given variable, finding the best (“up” or “down”) penalty requires solving a mixed integer program. When…
Job Shop Scheduling with Due Dates and Operation Overlap Feasibility
This paper uses a formulation of the job shop problem with due dates that allows successive operations on a job to overlap in the schedule. Setup times and multiple transports of sublots are two applications where this formulation can result in…
Optimal Design of a Multi-item, Multi-location,Multi-repair Type Repair and Supply System
The design of a system with many locations, each with many items which may fail while in use, is considered. When items fail, they require repair; the particular type of repair being governed by a probability distribution. As repairs may be…
A Perspective on Research in Computer-Based Information Systems
This paper attempts to place research on computer-based information systems in perspective. The interdisciplinary nature of the information systems field is stressed. A conceptual framework to classify and guide research on computer-based…
Sales Force Performance and the Use of a Sales Information System
The results of a study of sales force performance and the use of a sales information system are presented. A descriptive model is discussed which identifies expected predictors of sales force performance and the use of a sales information system…
Television and Efficiency in Higher Education
Abstract not available.