Keyword: systems

Found 315 papers in total
A qualitative study of the disaggregated long-wave model
1997,
We present a contribution to the study of the disaggregated economic long-wave model...
System dynamics and the electric power industry
1997,
System dynamics has been used extensively to aid in resource planning in the electric...
A framework for evaluating systems thinking interventions: An experimental approach to mental health system change
1997,
Researchers from the State University of New York at Albany and the New York State...
Soft OR and management practice: A study of the adoption and use of Soft Systems Methodology
1997,
The adoption and use of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) within management practice is...
A multidimensional model of client success when engaging external consultants
1996,
Too often the relationship between clients and external consultants is perceived as...
Automating credit and collections decisions at AT&T Capital Corporation
1997,
AT&T Capital Corporation, the largest publicly held leasing and financing company...
MS/OR enabled systems design
1995,
Management (at least as reflected by popular management culture) is now more...
Generalized methods for the optimal 1/N backup procedure of data
1997,
This paper discusses generalized methods on the optimal 1/ N backup procedure of data...
Absolutely, positively operations research: The Federal Express story
1997,
Federal Express Corporation has used operations research (OR) to help make its major...
A consortium sponsored knowledge-based system for managerial decision making in industrial construction
1996,
Driven by economic and environmental considerations, a consortium of companies...
Robust optimization of large-scale systems
1995,
Mathematical programming models with noisy, erroneous, or incomplete data are common...
Reliability of a circular connected-(r, s)-out-of-(m, n): F lattice system
1996,
A circular connected-(r, s)-out-of-(m, n): F lattice system has m . n components and...
The use of soft systems methodology in the development of a simulation of out-patient services at Watford general hospital
1996,
The effective and efficient provision of out-patient services may be assisted by the...
Understanding social reforms: A conceptual analysis
1996,
The paper attempts to explain why reforming social systems is not an easy job and what...
Understanding social reforms: A conceptual analysis
1996,
The paper attempts to explain why reforming social systems is not an easy job and what...
Understanding social reforms: A conceptual analysis
1996,
The paper attempts to explain why reforming social systems is not an easy job and what...
An optimization method for simulating large complex systems
1995,
A hybrid method, useful in optimizing computer simulation of large and complex...
Foucault plays Habermas: An alternative philosophical underpinning for critical systems thinking
1996,
Critical Systems Thinking (CST) has traditionally sought its philosophical...
Chaos in nonlinear dynamical systems exemplified by an R&D model
1993,
Nonlinear dynamical systems theory plays an increasing role in the mathematical...
Intervening in the cultural constitution of systems-Methodological complementarism and other visions for systems research
1995,
This paper uses a culture prespective to examine the complementarist idea of combining...
A system dynamics model for AIDS policy support in Tanzania
1993,
The facts about AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa are not well known through about one third...
Measuring system usage: Implications for IS theory testing
1995,
There is widespread agreement among researchers that system usage, defined as the...
A procedure of implication using quantifiable binary relations for structural modeling
1995,
In the field of system engineering, numerous proposals have been made for structural...
An optimal scope patterns decision method for OSI management operations
1993,
Presently, integrated network management systems are being developed based on the open...
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