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Some Organizational Properties of Resource Directive Allocation Mechanisms
This paper discusses some of the organizational aspects of a class of decentralized resource allocation mechanisms based in theory upon decomposition of linear programs. Organizational aspects refer to those attributes which have behavioral…
An Informal Look at the Principle of Optimality
The Principle of Optimality is examined informally (bereft of notation) in the context of discounted Markov decision processes. The optimality equations and optimality criterion are introduced with discounted Markov decision processes. The…
Bounds and Transformations for Finite Markov Decision Chains
New improved bounds on the optimal return function in finite state and action, infinite horizon, discounted stationary Markov decision chains are developed. They require solving a single constraint, bounded variable linear program, which can be…
A Dynamic Programming Approach to the Abandonment Decision
The decision about when to abandon a capital investment is formulated as a dynamic programming problem under conditions of both certain and probabilistic cash flows. One period autocorrelation is assumed in the case of uncertain cash flows. A…
Evaluation of Project Risk in Capital Investments with Abandonment Options
This paper develops a formula for calculating the variance of the present value of cash flows for capital investment projects that have an option to abandon the project in each period. The development of the optimal abandonment strategy can be…
A Framework For Analysis Of Coordination Mechanisms In Decentralized Organizations
This paper has three purposes: (1) to present a framework for classifying and analyzing conceptual models of the resource allocation process in a decentralized organization, (2) to explain some different coordination strategies, and (3) to show…
Information Requirements for Health Maintenance Organizations
Health Maintenance Organizations have been proposed as a major element in the restructuring of the health care delivery system to help contain costs and bring about improved distribution of services. The structure and responsibilities of these…
Information Systems for Experimental Social Programs -- A Health Services Example
The organizational forms and data requirements of experimental social programs contribute to the necessity for the development of new general purpose file management and data processing systems. The organizational aspects of social research…
Organizational Performance, Action and the Use of Information
A descriptive model of the relationship between organizational performance, action, and the use of information from a formal reporting system is presented. An empirical study of the performance of branch banks, the use of an information system,…
Stock Price Consistency in a Market with Heterogeneous Investors
This paper examines an idealized dynamic model of a market for a single stock. The model assumes a finite number of investor classes, the members of each class having essentially infinite wealth. All investors are assumed to be risk neutral, but…
A Structured Programming Experiment
Abstract not available.
Systems Quality, User Reactions, and the Use of Information Systems
Abstract not available.
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…