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Consequence Evaluation in Decision Analytic Models of Medical Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
This paper examines the problem of assigning values, or utilities, to separate consequences in decision analytic models of medical screening, diagnosis, and treatment. Several important issues related to this problem are studied, and a number of…
A Generalized Approach To Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition For Concave Programs
The Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition procedure for concave programs can be viewed as inner linearization followed by restriction. In this paper an approach which allows selective inner linearization of functions and utilizes a generalized pricing…
Interfunctional Production Planning for New Product Introduction
Abstract not available.
Job Shop Scheduling With Due Dates And Variable Processing Times
A multi-pass heuristic scheduling procedure developed for job shop scheduling problems with deterministic processing times is tested with processing times that are random variables. The heuristic procedure, which uses expected processing times,…
Job Shop Scheduling with Due Dates and Overtime Capability
A scheduling procedure is proposed for the static job shop problem with job due dates and a shop with overtime capability. An example is used to demonstrate the procedure and the generation of trade-off curves relating overtime and tota tardiness…
A Linear Programming Approach to Scheduling Nuclear Isotope Production
This paper reports on the design, implementation and use of a model for scheduling the production of nuclear isotopes. The model is formulated as a multiple-period linear programming problem with several classes of product demand, inventory and…
Management Information Systems For Medical Care Organizations
Abstract not available.
A Mathematical Programming Approach to Identification and Optimization of a Class of Unknown Systems
There exists a class of decision problems for which: (1) models of input-output response functions are not available in a closed-form, functional representation; (2) informational costs associated with learning about the response function are…
A Method Of Software Evaluation: The Case Of Programming Language Translators
This paper presents a method for the specification and evaluation of software modules. The proposed strategy involves the use of existing documentation and synthetic or benchmark programs to evaluate a set of key characteristics that represent…
On Finite Stage Decision Processes
We develop finite stage decision processes in the notation of Denardo [3] and provide conditions sufficient to prove that (i) n-stage returns exist (are unique) and are “subfinite”, (ii) optimal returns exist and are finite, (iii) Bellman’s [I]…
On Infinite Stage Decision Processes
This paper extends the author’s [8] work on decision process, developed in the notation of Denardo [5], from the finite state (nonstationary) case to the infinite stage (nonstationary) case. The paper focuses on “structured” policies and…
Performance Evaluation and Project Management
A number of problems have plagued the development of computer systems, especially software projects. One method to help manage such projects is to use performance evaluation techniques for each stage of the development effort. The appropriate…
A Planning Methodology for Product Startups
The problem of maintaining a balance between production output and demand growth during new product introductions is analyzed. In many cases, the introduction of a new product results in both rapid demand growth and significant changes in the…
A Procedure for Job Shop Scheduling with Due Dates, Variable Processing Times, and a Dynamic Arrival Process
An iterative machine procedure is described for job shop scheduling with due dates. The procedure uses a multi-pass heuristic scheduling program originally developed for static problems with deterministic processing times. Examples are included…
Technological Consulting in a Grass Roots, Action Oriented Organization
The relationship which developed between the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee and the Stanford Graduate School of Business on a joint project to computerize portions of the Union’s information processing activities is described. The…
The Dynamics of MBA Success
A longitudinal study was undertaken to discover the relationships between the job success of MBA’s and their scores on psychological tests, peer evaluations, and questionnaires administered five and ten years after graduation. Of 45 respondents…
The Philosophy and Design of the Simufort Language
The training of students in the techniques of system simulation is more than merely teaching them how to program in a simulation language. Yet, all too often projects or class exercises become bogged down in the tricks necessary to “outsmart” a…
The Problems and Politics of Change: Power, Conflict, and the Information Services Subunit
Abstract not available.
User Attitudes and the Management of Information Services
The results of a study of the relationship between users and the information services department in seven companies are presented. Predicted associations between favorable user attitudes and other variables were tested with data collected from…