Keyword: public service

Found 149 papers in total
Government purchasing: An evolving profession?
Government purchasing: An evolving profession?
2000,
As government organizations step hopefully into a new century, among the challenges...
Fraud in the governmental and private sectors
Fraud in the governmental and private sectors
2000,
The objective of this paper is to identify and provide a description, assessment, and...
Centralized vs. decentralized purchasing: Current trends in governmental procurement practices
Centralized vs. decentralized purchasing: Current trends in governmental procurement practices
2000,
Today most public sector purchasing processes are in transition. In the face of...
A time–cost optimization of the national postal distribution network
A time–cost optimization of the national postal distribution network
1999,
The postal distribution network in the Czech Republic consists actually of 69 local...
Nonparametric analysis of educational costs
Nonparametric analysis of educational costs
1999,
Traditional economic analyses of the public sector that assume cost minimization are...
Reliability-constrained pricing, capacity, and quality: an illustration of economic concepts to postal services
Reliability-constrained pricing, capacity, and quality: an illustration of economic concepts to postal services
1999,
A model is developed from which welfare-optimal prices, capacities, and reliabilities...
A model generating framework for regional waste management taking local peculiarities explicitly into account
A model generating framework for regional waste management taking local peculiarities explicitly into account
1998,
Presented here is the axiomatic foundation of a model-generating framework for...
Using expert judgment to model initial attack fire crew effectiveness
Using expert judgment to model initial attack fire crew effectiveness
1998,
An expert judgment elicitation methodology was developed and used to encode subjective...
Marketing capability and performance of dairy cooperatives in India
Marketing capability and performance of dairy cooperatives in India
1998,
The dairy development program Operation Flood was instituted over three decades ago in...
An integer linear programming model with logical constraints for mail sorting facility selection
An integer linear programming model with logical constraints for mail sorting facility selection
1998,
This paper studies a facility selection problem which is generalised from the design...
OR modelling and AIDS policy: from theory to practice
OR modelling and AIDS policy: from theory to practice
1998,
The AIDS epidemic is a serious, growing public health problem worldwide, but resources...
The Queueing Maximal Availability Location Problem: A model for the siting of emergency vehicles
The Queueing Maximal Availability Location Problem: A model for the siting of emergency vehicles
1996,
The Maximal Availability Location Problem (MALP) has been recently formulated as a...
Locating a waste treatment facility by multicriteria analysis
Locating a waste treatment facility by multicriteria analysis
1997,
We describe an application of multicriteria decision aid to the location of a waste...
A system dynamics model for a mixed-strategy game between police and driver
A system dynamics model for a mixed-strategy game between police and driver
1997,
Game theorists have recommended many reasonable strategies in policy problems, using,...
Information technology in public services: Towards the contractual organization?
Information technology in public services: Towards the contractual organization?
1997,
The growing trend towards information technology (IT) outsourcing is analysed within...
Unfunded pension obligations as a source of fiscal illusion for state governments
Unfunded pension obligations as a source of fiscal illusion for state governments
1997,
Prior research has examined the relationship between government expenditures and the...
Evolution of operational research studies and development of a national control strategy against intestinal helminths in Pemba Island, 1988–92
Evolution of operational research studies and development of a national control strategy against intestinal helminths in Pemba Island, 1988–92
1995,
Intestinal helminthic infections in Pemba Island, United Republic of Tanzania, have...
A data envelopment analysis approach to clustering operating units for resource allocation purposes
A data envelopment analysis approach to clustering operating units for resource allocation purposes
1996,
Bodies such as those funding education or health services normally make use of...
Reengineering capital budgeting
Reengineering capital budgeting
1996,
This article illustrates the application of business process reengineering (BPR) to...
An interactive algorithm for vehicle routeing for winter-Gritting
An interactive algorithm for vehicle routeing for winter-Gritting
1996,
In winter, when roads may become dangerously slippery due to frost, ice or snow, a...
Interdependent transportation and production activity at the United States Postal Service
Interdependent transportation and production activity at the United States Postal Service
1996,
Transportation decisions and production decisions can usually be made separately....
Operationalizing the data banking concept within a National Statistical and Information System: Problems and Propsects in Nigeria
Operationalizing the data banking concept within a National Statistical and Information System: Problems and Propsects in Nigeria
1995,
The main issue raised in this paper is the role of Data Banks in the process of...
An evaluation of the exchange projects for the experiential learning program of schoolchildren
An evaluation of the exchange projects for the experiential learning program of schoolchildren
1993,
Currently, there are several exchange programmes in Japan for schoolchildren between...
A structured approach to knowledge elicitation in conceptual model building
A structured approach to knowledge elicitation in conceptual model building
1990,
Policy-oriented modeling demands client involvement in the model-building process....
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