Journal: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Found 87 papers in total
A multiobjective optimization model for project selection with probabilistic considerations
A multiobjective optimization model for project selection with probabilistic considerations
2006,
When faced with limited resources, project managers must determine which projects to...
A multiobjective optimization approach to smart growth in land development
A multiobjective optimization approach to smart growth in land development
2006,
In this paper we apply a multiobjective optimization model of Smart Growth to land...
Evaluating the comparative performance of countries of the Middle East and North Africa: A DEA application
Evaluating the comparative performance of countries of the Middle East and North Africa: A DEA application
2006,
Over the past few decades, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have...
Foreign direct investment: A genetic algorithm approach
Foreign direct investment: A genetic algorithm approach
2006,
This paper proposes a genetic algorithm (GA) approach as an analytical tool with a...
Assessing French nursing home efficiency: An indirect approach via budget-constrained DEA models
Assessing French nursing home efficiency: An indirect approach via budget-constrained DEA models
2006,
In this paper, data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques are applied to the French...
Congestion, ownership, region of operation, and scale: Their impact on bus operator performance in Norway
Congestion, ownership, region of operation, and scale: Their impact on bus operator performance in Norway
2006,
The goal of this paper is to determine the impact that inputs such as fuel consumption...
A note extending Grosskopf, Hayes, Taylor and Weber, “Anticipating the consequences of school reform: A new use of DEA”
A note extending Grosskopf, Hayes, Taylor and Weber, “Anticipating the consequences of school reform: A new use of DEA”
2005,
The article cited in the current paper's title shows how to extend Data Envelopment...
Evaluating cost efficiency and returns to scale in the Life Insurance Corporation of India using data envelopment analysis
Evaluating cost efficiency and returns to scale in the Life Insurance Corporation of India using data envelopment analysis
2005,
This paper applies a new variant of data envelopment analysis model to examine the...
Data envelopment analysis with stochastic variations in data
Data envelopment analysis with stochastic variations in data
2005,
The mathematical programming-based technique data envelopment analysis (DEA) has often...
A column generation-based approach to solve the preference scheduling problem for nurses with downgrading
A column generation-based approach to solve the preference scheduling problem for nurses with downgrading
2005,
The demand for nurses in virtually all western countries has been outpacing the supply...
Optimal expenditures on police protection
Optimal expenditures on police protection
2005,
The object of this paper is to propose an approach for operationalizing Rubin's idea...
Stability of a crime level equilibrium
Stability of a crime level equilibrium
2005,
We consider crime level in an economic market with a supply of potential criminals....
The flow-refueling location problem for alternative-fuel vehicles
The flow-refueling location problem for alternative-fuel vehicles
2005,
Beginning with Hodgson, several researchers have been developing a new kind of...
A goal-seeking approach to capital budgeting
A goal-seeking approach to capital budgeting
2005,
This paper articulates how a goal-seeking model addresses a variation of the...
A multi-criteria modeling approach to jury selection
A multi-criteria modeling approach to jury selection
2005,
The decision to select a particular group of individuals to serve as a jury is...
Retail market structure and the threat by the manufacturer to sell goods directly to the consumer
Retail market structure and the threat by the manufacturer to sell goods directly to the consumer
2005,
When a manufacturer and its retailers and consumers are spatially separated, the...
Location of manufactured housing and its accessibility to community services: a GIS-assisted spatial analysis
Location of manufactured housing and its accessibility to community services: a GIS-assisted spatial analysis
2005,
This paper investigates the location and accessibility disadvantages of manufactured...
Commentary on facility location in the presence of congested regions with the rectilinear distance metric
Commentary on facility location in the presence of congested regions with the rectilinear distance metric
2004,
This paper is a commentary on the work of Butt and Cavalier. With the aid of an...
Epistemology of data envelopment analysis and comparison with other fields of OR/MS for relevance to applications
Epistemology of data envelopment analysis and comparison with other fields of OR/MS for relevance to applications
2004,
Periodically, professionals in a given field must reflect and assess where the field...
A taxonomy for data envelopment analysis
A taxonomy for data envelopment analysis
2004,
This paper presents a scheme for classifying the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)...
Data envelopment analysis literature: a bibliography update (1951–2001)
Data envelopment analysis literature: a bibliography update (1951–2001)
2004,
This paper presents an extensive bibliography of recent DEA literature.
The allocation of intangible resources: The analytic hierarchy process and linear programming
The allocation of intangible resources: The analytic hierarchy process and linear programming
2003,
An intangible is an attribute that has no scale of measurement. Intangibles such as...
A decision model for selecting protected habitat areas within migratory flyways
A decision model for selecting protected habitat areas within migratory flyways
2003,
A decision model is developed for identifying alternative configurations of new...
The use of multi-criteria decision-making methods in the integrated assessment of climate change: Implications for IA practitioners
The use of multi-criteria decision-making methods in the integrated assessment of climate change: Implications for IA practitioners
2003,
Integrated assessment (IA) considers interactions of physical, biological, and human...
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