Keyword: public service

Found 149 papers in total
Towards an information-rich society: Lessons from transformations in state and local governments of The United States of America
Towards an information-rich society: Lessons from transformations in state and local governments of The United States of America
1994,
The transformations that American state and local governments are experiencing as a...
A desktop-OR success: Modeling Coast Guard buoy tender operations
A desktop-OR success: Modeling Coast Guard buoy tender operations
1995,
The authors created a desktop-OR decision support system to support the Coast...
Facility location in a user-optimizing environment with market externalities: Analysis of customer equilibria and optimal public facility locations
Facility location in a user-optimizing environment with market externalities: Analysis of customer equilibria and optimal public facility locations
1994,
In many location models, the customers’ choice of which facility to patronize is...
A planning model for the development of waste material recycling programmes
A planning model for the development of waste material recycling programmes
1994,
Material recycling is quickly becoming the most visible component of municipal solid...
Transferring decision conferencing skills
Transferring decision conferencing skills
1994,
In 1992, Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council commissioned a series of Decision...
Instabilities in systems associated with fire risk
Instabilities in systems associated with fire risk
1994,
Fire risk is assumed to be a systemic product. As a part of a consideration of fire...
ALIAS: A graphical user interface for an ambulance location model
ALIAS: A graphical user interface for an ambulance location model
1993,
Like many operations research models, ambulance location models suffer from lack of...
Measuring performance in a multiproduct firm: An application to the U.S. Postal Service
Measuring performance in a multiproduct firm: An application to the U.S. Postal Service
1993,
Measuring performance in a multiproduct firm is difficult because of the complex...
Modelling a solid-waste processing system by discrete event simulation
Modelling a solid-waste processing system by discrete event simulation
1993,
This paper describes a discrete event simulation model for a solid-waste processing...
The location of lifeboats along the Atlantic coast of Portugal
The location of lifeboats along the Atlantic coast of Portugal
1991,
Portugal is a country with a wide Atlantic coast. Instituto de Socorros a...
A choice-based approach to the diffusion of a service: Forecasting fax penetration by market segments
A choice-based approach to the diffusion of a service: Forecasting fax penetration by market segments
1992,
Motivated by poor performance of standard estimation methods in the present...
Performance evaluation in a Local Government: The case of a Social Work Department meals-on-wheels service
Performance evaluation in a Local Government: The case of a Social Work Department meals-on-wheels service
1991,
The first part of the paper reviews the problem of measuring performance in the public...
State-dependent queueing models in emergency evacuation networks
State-dependent queueing models in emergency evacuation networks
1991,
Planning and design of evacuation networks is both a complex and critically important...
Transport networks for peripheral regions
Transport networks for peripheral regions
1992,
Owing to technological developments and current processes of economic integration, the...
A simulation analysis of advanced concepts for semi-automated mail processing
A simulation analysis of advanced concepts for semi-automated mail processing
1991,
Over the last decade, much attention has been given to the development of automated...
Seeking out the issues
Seeking out the issues
1992,
Strategic decision-making, to be effective, must take account of the prevailing issues...
On a parametric divisor method for the apportionment problem
On a parametric divisor method for the apportionment problem
1991,
Apportionment problem has been focused upon for more than 200 years by many applied...
A composite approach to forecasting state government revenues: Case study of the Idaho sales tax
A composite approach to forecasting state government revenues: Case study of the Idaho sales tax
1989,
Fiscal problems have led to increased reliance on economic and revenue forecasting by...
Routeing road sweepers in a rural area
Routeing road sweepers in a rural area
1991,
A computer program has been developed to assist the routeing of road-sweeping vehicles...
A generalized inspection game
A generalized inspection game
1991,
The paper addresses the problem of a patrol trying to stop smugglers who are...
Eliciting public values for complex policy decisions
Eliciting public values for complex policy decisions
1990,
Several approaches exist to illuminate and clarify public values relevant for making...
The location of fire stations in a rural environment: A case study
The location of fire stations in a rural environment: A case study
1990,
In this paper an application of location-allocation modelling to an emergency service...
Organization and planning of ambulance transport services in England and Wales
Organization and planning of ambulance transport services in England and Wales
1990,
The ambulance service is the largest special needs transport operator in England and...
Review, extension and prediction in emergency service siting models
Review, extension and prediction in emergency service siting models
1989,
This is a review of a selected set of location papers and a research agenda. The...
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