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Management science approaches to the determination of urban ambulance requirements
(Elsevier, 1971-10)
This research paper summarizes a systematic approach to the determination of urban ambulance requirements. Quantitative measures of ambulance system performance and alternative system configurations were developed, and ...
Solving the two-stage cutting stock problem
(Elsevier, 1979)
This paper describes an important class of cutting stock problems not previously discussed in the literature. The problem is one of determining the patterns to be used in a two-stage cutting process with restrictions imposed ...
American welfare strategies: Three programs under the social security act
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1977-03)
In the United States, a single piece of legislation, the Social Security Act, is the major vehicle through which the cash assistance to citizens is provided. This act contains many subprograms, programs so different in ...
Why risk analysis isn't working
(Elsevier, 1975-12)
In this article the author argues that despite its popularity among researchers and managers alike, Risk Analysis as a management tool has not been successful. He postulates that in the end managers will give up attempting ...
On the structure of moving average processes
(Elsevier, 1977-07)
This paper uses Hilbert space methods to develop a rigorous proof that the sum of two uncorrelated moving average processes of order q1 and q2 is an MA process of order q [less, double equals] max (q1, q2). The methods ...
Changing perspectives on the capital investment process
(Elsevier, 1979-02)
The environment within which institutions undertake commercial and industrial activity changes both as a result of decisions dependent on the institution itself and as a result of decisions independent of the institution. ...
Urban policy perspectives in the U.S.A.: An extension of the Yarmolinsky option
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1973-06)
Building on a suggestion by Adam Yarmolinsky that the Federal American government insure the equity that homeowners have developed in their property, we suggest some additional elements which would make a more complete ...