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Record Nr.

UNINA9910367256703321

Titolo

Behavioral Operational Research : A Capabilities Approach / / edited by Leroy White, Martin Kunc, Katharina Burger, Jonathan Malpass

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030254056

3030254054

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 pages)

Disciplina

658.4034

658.4034019

Soggetti

Operations research

Production management

Operations Research and Decision Theory

Operations Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Behavioral Operations and Behavioral Operational Research: Similarities and Differences in Competences and Capabilities -- Chapter 2: Behavioural Implications of Demand Perception in Inventory Management -- Chapter 3: Behavioral Operational Research in Portfolio Selection -- Chapter 4: Feedback, Information Representation and Bidder Behavior in Electronic Auctions -- Chapter 5: Probability and beyond: including uncertainties in decision analysis -- Chapter 6: How to use ambiguity in problem understanding for enabling divergent thinking: integrating Problem Structuring Methods and Concept-Knowledge theory -- Chapter 7: Insights from an initial exploration of cognitive biases in spatial decisions -- Chapter 8: Modeling human behaviors in project management: Insights from the literature review -- Chapter 9: Exploring the machinery for calibrating optimism and realism in transformation programmes: a practical toolkit -- Chapter 10: The importance of human behaviour in practice: insights from the modelling cycle -- Chapter 11: Developing problem structuring capability: a practice-based view -- Chapter 12: Stakeholder behavior



in operational research: Connecting the why, who, and how of stakeholder involvement -- Chapter 13: Lessons learned: Acquiring insights from non-operational research perspectives -- Chapter 14: The Merits of Transparent Models -- Chapter 15: Achieving a Balance between Behavioral Theory and Behavioral Practice in Transformation Projects -- Chapter 16: Conjoined capability, collective behavior and collaborative action: What's the connection? -- Chapter 17: Behavioural Aspects of the New General Data Protection Regulation: A Consumer-centric Approach to Operations -- Chapter 18: How do we know anything? Philosophical issues in the collection and interpretation of operational research data -- Chapter 19: Future Directions.

Sommario/riassunto

This edited collection addresses the question of which capabilities and competencies enable Behavioral Operational Research to provide sustained improvement to decision processes. The aim is to show how a focus on capability and competency will not only meet short-term requirements for problem solving and decision support, but also build a solid foundation for the future. The contributors present recent advances in Behavioral OR, with a focus on the ways in which users of models deal with incomplete and imprecise information, subjective boundaries and uncertainty. These chapters are structured around three key dimensions of BOR: capabilities, cognition and aspects of practice.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557154203321

Autore

Anfuso Giorgio

Titolo

Coastal Dynamic and Evolution

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Soggetti

Research and information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book includes papers published in the Special Issue titled "Coastal Dynamic and Evolution", which aimed to collect multidisciplinary studies that involved the evaluation of coastal evolution at different temporal scales, from hours and days to months and years, as well as historical changes. The volume contains investigations carried out by means of aerial photos and satellite images, as well as results from in situ surveys and observations aimed at assessing morphological changes in shoreline and dune systems as a consequence of chronic flooding and erosion processes or the occurrence of specific weather-related events. Studies on the evaluation of past and future sea-level variations and related impacts have also been included. In order to provide the reader with a wide overview of different coastal settings and methodological approaches, case studies from Russia, Italy, California (USA), Morocco, Spain, Indonesia, Ireland and Colombia have been included in this Special Issue. The content may be of interest to those who perform a wide range of investigations related to coastal analysis and management, especially to researchers and academics who can exploit the provided approaches and methodologies.