Keyword: developing countries

Found 852 papers in total
Transportation and environment in Xiamen
1998,
This paper reviews the traffic congestion and air pollution problems in Xiamen,...
Sea level rise and flooding in Bangladesh
1999,
Sea level rise caused by climate change foreseen in the 21st century will increase...
Water from the desert: Minimizing costs of meeting Libya's water demands
1998,
Libya has two choices for meeting its water demands: the Mediterranean Sea and...
Marketing capability and performance of dairy cooperatives in India
1998,
The dairy development program Operation Flood was instituted over three decades ago in...
An observational study of the network-level traffic variables
1998,
Simultaneous ground measurements of traffic variables including speed, concentration,...
An interactive reservoir management system for Lake Kariba
1998,
This paper presents a user-interactive decision support system (DSS) for managing of...
Conjunctive operation of hydroelectric and thermal power-plants
1994,
An integrated approach combining deterministic dynamic programming and simulation...
Beyond appraisal: Participatory appraisal of needs and the development of action
1997,
It is often useful to have a framework for guiding decisions about process when...
Simulating the control of a heterosexual HIV epidemic in a severely affected east African city
1998,
We compared three intervention strategies for preventing heterosexual transmission of...
STDSIM: A microsimulation model for decision support in sexually transmitted diseases control
1998,
STDSIM is a dynamic stochastic simulation method for decision support in attempts to...
Evaluating foreign investment environment in China: A systematic approach
1997,
To successfully develop a region's or country's economy, policy-makers have to utilize...
Rail track expansion in developing countries in the 1980s
1998,
Per capita income, country size, and economic growth are often seen as being major...
Modelling the economics of animal health control programs using dynamic programming
1998,
A new application of an optimization tool, dynamic programming (DP), is described to...
Managing cattle grazing under degraded forests: An optimal control approach
1997,
In this paper aspects of knowledge generation and administration concerning management...
A water resources planning response to climate change in the Senegal River Basin
1997,
The Sengal River Basin (SRB), located in the Sahel region of West Africa, is...
Planning reservoir operations with imprecise objectives
1997,
Imprecise and noncommensurable objectives for reservoir operation are addressed...
The effects of economic restructuring on China's system for financing transport infrastructure
1998,
Since the late 1970s, the Chinese government has introduced new measures based on a...
Seat belt use in a developing country: Covert noncompliance with a primary enforcement law in Malaysia
1997,
Malaysia has strict laws requiring seat belt use by all vehicle occupants. However,...
Towards an optimal model of food nutrition structure relating to production development for the region of the middle–lower reach of the Yangtze in China
1996,
In this paper, the present situation of the food production, resource structure, food...
OR practice in South Africa
1995,
The development of operational research in South Africa, and of the Operations...
Public investment, productivity, and economic growth in developing countries
1997,
This paper estimates a neoclassical model of growth in which investment is separated...
Government expenditure and private consumption in Pakistan
1997,
This article examines the role of the government in influencing private consumption....
The impact of fiscal policies on the poor in Guatemala
1997,
In this study, we attempt an empirical estimate of the incidence of public...
Transformation of multidepot multisalesmen problem to the standard travelling salesman problem
1995,
One type of multidepot multisalesmen problem can be transformed into a standard...
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