Keyword: education

Found 422 papers in total
Analyzing who gains and who loses: The case of school finance reform in New York State
Analyzing who gains and who loses: The case of school finance reform in New York State
1990,
Do better models lead to better decisions? This case study assesses three...
Lessons from an early management scientist
Lessons from an early management scientist
1995,
Over 100 years ago, the silk industry in France was facing a serious threat. They...
Class scheduling to maximize participant satisfaction
Class scheduling to maximize participant satisfaction
1995,
In 1990, the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of...
The army training mix model
The army training mix model
1995,
This paper describes a model for making decisions concerning the proper mix of TADSS...
Creativity in MS/OR: Training for creativity-Findings in a European context
Creativity in MS/OR: Training for creativity-Findings in a European context
1994,
In past columns I have described many fundamental principles of creative thinking....
A monotonic, dual-based bounding procedure for integer programs
A monotonic, dual-based bounding procedure for integer programs
1995,
This paper develops a simple, dual-based, and monotonic bounding procedure for solving...
Temple Dental School uses an expert system to schedule students’ clinical rotations
Temple Dental School uses an expert system to schedule students’ clinical rotations
1994,
Each semester, Temple University School of Dentistry must develop a complex schedule...
Higher education and social stratification
Higher education and social stratification
1994,
Institutions of higher learning fall into three strata: the elite, the middle, and the...
West Churchman and Operations Research: Case Institute of Technology, 1951-1957
West Churchman and Operations Research: Case Institute of Technology, 1951-1957
1994,
West Churchman, his philosophy, and his ideas contributed to the formation of the Case...
Categorical criteria values: Correspondence analysis
Categorical criteria values: Correspondence analysis
1994,
Principal component analysis and correspondence analysis are used to classify the 96...
Cohort analysis technique for long-term manpower planning: The case of a Hong Kong tertiary institution
Cohort analysis technique for long-term manpower planning: The case of a Hong Kong tertiary institution
1994,
This paper considers the problem of long-term manpower planning on the number of...
The devolution of OR/MS: Implications from a statistical content analysis of papers in flagship journals
The devolution of OR/MS: Implications from a statistical content analysis of papers in flagship journals
1994,
Ackoff has decried the ‘devolution’ of OR/MS, Corbett and Van Wassenhove...
Insights on modeling from a dozen experts
Insights on modeling from a dozen experts
1994,
Twelve selected expert modelers described themselves as modelers, the models they...
Comparative study of artificial neural network and statistical models for predicting student grade point averages
Comparative study of artificial neural network and statistical models for predicting student grade point averages
1994,
This paper compares linear regression; stepwise polynomial regression; and...
DEA: A role in policy exploration?
DEA: A role in policy exploration?
1994,
Data Envelopment Analysis is probably seen by many practitioners as a fairly opaque,...
The need for developing an OR/MS approach in Nigeria
The need for developing an OR/MS approach in Nigeria
1990,
It was not surprising that when one of the authors requested information and...
Human capital development in the UAE: Analysis of budgetary conflicts in an era of relative austerity
Human capital development in the UAE: Analysis of budgetary conflicts in an era of relative austerity
1993,
This paper examines the manner in which the government of the United Arab Emirates...
Exam scheduling by tabu search
Exam scheduling by tabu search
1993,
Tabu search is a metaheuristic which has been applied to a wide variety of non-convex...
Students as surrogates for managers in a decision-making environment: An experimental study
Students as surrogates for managers in a decision-making environment: An experimental study
1991,
Administering and controlling a field experiment in the area of information systems,...
The Compact Simplex Method
The Compact Simplex Method
1993,
The vast majority of Operational Research OR textbooks describe the simplex method of...
A database approach to course timetabling
A database approach to course timetabling
1993,
This paper discusses computer based support systems for the task of creating...
An equilibrium strategy for each student to enter a certain department in a university
An equilibrium strategy for each student to enter a certain department in a university
1992,
In a certain university, first year students do not belong to any department. But...
A DSS model for a school of engineering
A DSS model for a school of engineering
1992,
Although it may be questioned whether Operational Research OR has failed to make a...
Introducing students to community operations research by using a city neighborhood as a living laboratory
Introducing students to community operations research by using a city neighborhood as a living laboratory
1991,
This paper describes a course taught in the Collete of Business and Administration at...
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