1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808193103321

Autore

Anderson R. D (Robert David)

Titolo

British universities : past and present / / Robert Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-283-12226-X

9786613122261

0-8264-0990-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

378.41

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Great Britain - History

Higher education and state - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Serving Church and State; 2 Currents of Change; 3 Oxbridge Reformed; 4 Effortless Superiority; 5 Province and Metropolis; 6 National Identities; 7 Ideas of the University; 8 Interwar Conservatism; 9 Postwar Revolution; 10 The Robbins Era; 11 State or Market?; 12 Past and Present; Notes; Guide to Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is both a concise history of British universities and their place in society over eight centuries, and a penetrating analysis of current university problems and policies as seen in the light of that history. It explains how the modern university system has developed since the Victorian era, and gives special attention to changes in policy since the Second World War, including the effects of the Robbins report, the rise and fall of the binary system, the impact of the Thatcher era, and the financial crises which have beset universities in recent years. A final chapter on the past and



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910523758303321

Autore

Rezaei Jafar

Titolo

Advances in Best-Worst Method : Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2021) / / edited by Jafar Rezaei, Matteo Brunelli, Majid Mohammadi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

3-030-89795-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 pages)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Operations Research, , 2731-0418

Disciplina

658.403

Soggetti

Operations research

Management science

Business logistics

Operations Research and Decision Theory

Operations Research, Management Science

Supply Chain Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- The balancing role of Best and Worst in Best-Worst Method -- Hierarchical evaluation of criteria and alternatives within BWM: A Mon-te Carlo approach -- A two-step Best-Worst Method (BWM) and K-Means clustering recom-mender system framework -- A linguistic 2-tuple Best-Worst Method -- How does the entrepreneurship ecosystem contribute to the perfor-mance of entrepreneurial start-up firms? -- A multi-attribute decision-making to sustainable construction material selection: A Bayesian BWM-SAW hybrid model -- Risk assessment of passenger flow in an urban rail transit system: indi-cators, application, and analysis -- Bridge infrastructure resilience analysis against seismic hazard using Best-Worst Method -- A value-focused approach for the design of innovative logistics con-cepts: the case of off-peak pickup and delivery in the air cargo industry -- An Innovative digital maturity assessment model for smart cities -- Determining the importance of barriers to IoT implementation using Bayesian Best-Worst Method -- Assessment of environmental



performance criteria in textile industry using the Best-Worst Method.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents recent advances in the theory and application of the Best-Worst Method (BWM). It includes selected papers from the Second International Workshop on Best-Worst Method (BWM2021), held in Delft, The Netherlands from 10-11 June, 2021, and provides valuable insights on why and how to use BWM in a diverse range of applications including health, energy, supply chain management, and engineering. The book highlights the use of BWM in different settings including single decision-making vs group decision-making, and complete information vs incomplete and uncertain situations. The papers gathered here will benefit academics and practitioners who are involved in multi-criteria decision-making and decision analysis.