Keyword: practice

Found 306 papers in total
Group model building effectiveness: a review of assessment studies
Group model building effectiveness: a review of assessment studies
2002,
Over the last decades system dynamicists have experimented with approaches to achieve...
Operational Research for informed innovation: NHS Direct as a case study in the design, implementation and evaluation of a new public service
Operational Research for informed innovation: NHS Direct as a case study in the design, implementation and evaluation of a new public service
2003,
Delivering modern and responsive public services requires informed innovation drawing...
Beyond methodology choice: critical systems thinking as critically systemic discourse
Beyond methodology choice: critical systems thinking as critically systemic discourse
2003,
Professional competence in applied disciplines such as OR/MS requires both technical...
Strategic operations research and the Edelman prize finalist applications 1989–1998
Strategic operations research and the Edelman prize finalist applications 1989–1998
2003,
In an earlier study we examined the available evidence on the Edelman Prize finalist...
Applying operations research techniques to financial markets
Applying operations research techniques to financial markets
2003,
OR techniques are applied to nonportfolio problems in financial markets, such as the...
Tales from a nonstandard career in operations research
Tales from a nonstandard career in operations research
2001,
This is a personal account of an unusual career in operations research. The author is...
Activity pattern similarity: A multidimensional sequence alignment method
Activity pattern similarity: A multidimensional sequence alignment method
2002,
The classification of activity patterns is an important research topic in activity...
The spatial analysis of activity stop generation
The spatial analysis of activity stop generation
2002,
Travel demand analysis is intrinsically spatial; yet spatial analysis considerations...
Linking operations management students directly to the real world
Linking operations management students directly to the real world
2001,
Linking business students in operations management (OM) directly to real-world...
Reflections on ethics and multi-criteria analysis in environmental decisions
Reflections on ethics and multi-criteria analysis in environmental decisions
2001,
The aim of decision analysis is normative. Consequently, at least in public spheres,...
Case study: The inventory routing for vending machines
Case study: The inventory routing for vending machines
2001,
In this paper, we present an integrated vendor managed inventory system currently...
A distribution free newsboy problem under shortage-level constraints
A distribution free newsboy problem under shortage-level constraints
2001,
Since order quantity has only been decided at a spot selling time in the classical...
Theory and practice in OR and town planning: A continuing creative synergy?
Theory and practice in OR and town planning: A continuing creative synergy?
2001,
The paper looks at the parallel experiences of OR and town (land use) planning since...
On a multicommodity flow network reliability model and its application to a container-loading transportation problem
On a multicommodity flow network reliability model and its application to a container-loading transportation problem
2001,
This paper is mainly to extend the MMCF (multi-commodity minimum cost flow) problem...
SART: An intelligent assistant system for subway control
SART: An intelligent assistant system for subway control
2000,
One of the main characteristics of a subway line is its large transport capacity...
Models implementation: A state of the art
Models implementation: A state of the art
2001,
‘Why are so many models designed and so few used’ is a question often...
Bridging the relevance gap: Aligning stakeholders in the future of management research
Bridging the relevance gap: Aligning stakeholders in the future of management research
2001,
This report examines the relevance gap in management research. Its focus is the nature...
The two pillars of new management research
The two pillars of new management research
2001,
Ken Starkey and Paula Madan's report, Bridging the Relevance Gap (2001), advocates the...
Re-focusing the business school agenda
Re-focusing the business school agenda
2001,
This commentary agrees with Starkey and Madan that business schools must incorporate...
Taking science out of organisation science: How would postmodernism reconstruct the analysis of organizations?
Taking science out of organisation science: How would postmodernism reconstruct the analysis of organizations?
2000,
Presents a critical review of the relevance of postmodernism to organisation science....
Putting the community into organizational science: Exploring the construction of knowledge claims
Putting the community into organizational science: Exploring the construction of knowledge claims
2000,
Written in response to an article by Richard Weiss carried in the same issue...
Postmodernism's challenge to organization science: Self-refuting, self-indulgent, or good medicine? An editorial essay
Postmodernism's challenge to organization science: Self-refuting, self-indulgent, or good medicine? An editorial essay
2000,
Written as a dialogue, this editorial piece compares the relative merits of two...
Base closure: An application of the analytic hierarchy process
Base closure: An application of the analytic hierarchy process
2001,
This paper describes the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) by the Taiwanese...
Lessons for success in OR/MS practice gained from experiences in Indian and US steel plants
Lessons for success in OR/MS practice gained from experiences in Indian and US steel plants
2000,
I worked on modeling integrated steel plants in India (as an analyst) and in the USA...
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