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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787432403321

Titolo

Applications of management science . Vol. 17 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kenneth D. Lawrence, Gary Kleinman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78441-210-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Applications of management science, , 0276-8976

Altri autori (Persone)

LawrenceKenneth D

KleinmanGary

Disciplina

658.403

Soggetti

Business & Economics - Management Science

Management & management techniques

Business & management

Economics, finance, business & management

Business logistics - Decision making

Multiple criteria decision making

Business enterprises - Finance - Decision making

Data envelopment analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"EmeraldBooks"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Multicriteria optimization for the delivery of products across multiple periods in a reverse supply chains environment / Ammar Y. Alqahtani, Surendra M. Gupta -- A multicriteria meta-goal portfolio model based in Morningstar sector groupings / Kenneth D. Lawrence, Dinesh R. Pai, Sheila M. Lawrence -- A multicriteria decision model for venture capital firms evaluation of new technology business firms / Robert Gannon, Karen M. Hogan, Gerard T. Olson -- An improved zero-one linear programming model for the plane boarding problem / Ching-Chung Kuo -- Understanding contact center agents' preferences for selecting calls to work / Sean Yarborough, Patrick T. Hester -- Early stop rule approach for teaching all-unit quantity discount analysis / Zhaobo Wang -- A frontier analysis approach to analyze the operating efficiency of cable and satellite companies in the United States / D.K.



Malhotra, Rashmi Malhotra, Kathleen T. Campbell -- Using the analytical hierarchical process to determine the optimal scale to assess people with dementia pre and post timeslips sessions / Eileen L. Sullivan, George P. Sillup, Ronald K. Klimberg -- An adaptive nurse home care scheduling system / Reuven Levary -- Weighted-sum approach to health care optimization / Bartosz Sawik -- Lexicographic approach to health care optimization / Bartosz Sawik -- Benchmarking managed health care companies / Rashmi Malhotra, Susan Lehrman, D.K. Malhotra.

Sommario/riassunto

The objective of this research annual is to present state-of-the-art studies in the application of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision making problems. We hope that this research annual will significantly aid in the dissemination of actual applications of management science in both the public and private sectors. Topics will include: applied management science studies in finance, management, operations, supply chain and productivity. Applications of management science is critical reading for those academics, researchers, and practitioners of management science to the solution of significant managerial decision making problems in both the public and the private sectors.