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The ABCs of evaluation : timeless techniques for program and project managers / / John Boulmetis, Phyllis Dutwin
| The ABCs of evaluation : timeless techniques for program and project managers / / John Boulmetis, Phyllis Dutwin |
| Autore | Boulmetis John |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco, [California] : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Collana | Research Methods for the Social Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Management - Evaluation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-10366-1
0-470-87354-X |
| Classificazione | EDU011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The ABCs of Evaluation: Timeless Techniques for Program and Project Managers; Contents; Preface; The Authors; 1 What is Evaluation?; Common Denominators; Two Definitions of Evaluation; Evaluating Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Impact; Evaluating Alternatives; Identifying Areas to Improve; Other Levels; Formal Reasons to Evaluate; Practical Application; Formative and Summative Evaluations; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercises; Further Reading; 2 Why Evaluate?; Grants and Grantsmanship; Benefits; Benefits to Sponsors and Staff; Opportunities
Understanding of OutcomesLimitations; Considerations; Social and Political Situations; Decision-Making Needs; Research for New Solutions; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 3 Decision Making: Whom to Involve, How, and Why?; Program and Project Cycles; Overlooked Stakeholders; Program Phases; Evaluation and Monitoring; Program Planning Cycle and Evaluation; Needs Analysis; Program Planning; Program Implementation and Formative Evaluation; Final Evaluation: Summative; Types of Evaluation for Decision Making; Putting It All Together Key Words and ConceptsQuestions and Exercises; Further Reading; 4 Starting Point: The Evaluator's Program Description; What an Evaluator's Program Description Can Do; Developing an Evaluator's Program Description; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercises; Further Reading; 5 Choosing an Evaluation Model; More Than One Way to Evaluate; Four Evaluation Models; Discrepancy Model; Goal-Free Model; Transaction Model; Decision-Making Model; Other Models; Goal-Based Method; Choosing the Right Model; Evaluation Design Format; Other Considerations Putting It All TogetherKey Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 6 Data Sources; Starting Point; Qualitative and Quantitative Data Sources; Four Levels of Data; Nominal Data; Ordinal Data; Interval Data; Ratio Data; Nature of Data Collection; Existing Data; Newly Collected Data; Interview; Scales; Sentence Completion; Tests; Observational Analysis; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 7 Data Analysis; Data Analysis; Data; Terms; Statistics; Measures of Central Tendency; Measures of Variability; Levels of Data Putting It All TogetherKey Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; Software for Personal Computers; 8 Is It Evaluation or Is It Research?; Determining Evaluation or Research from Intent; Determining Evaluation or Research from Design; Qualitative and Quantitative Characteristics; Sampling; Probability Sampling Methods; Nonprobability Sampling Methods; Sampling and Surveys; Putting It All Together; Key Words and Concepts; Questions and Exercise; Further Reading; 9 Writing the Evaluation Report; Communicating Your Findings; Evaluation Reports; The Report Outline Section One: Summary |
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The ABCs of evaluation : timeless techniques for program and project managers / / by John Boulmetis and Phyllis Dutwin
| The ABCs of evaluation : timeless techniques for program and project managers / / by John Boulmetis and Phyllis Dutwin |
| Autore | Boulmetis John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DutwinPhyllis |
| Collana | Research Methods for the Social Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Management - Evaluation |
| ISBN |
1-118-10364-5
1-118-10366-1 0-470-87354-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795942103321 |
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Boulmetis John
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| San Francisco : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The ABCs of evaluation : timeless techniques for program and project managers / / by John Boulmetis and Phyllis Dutwin
| The ABCs of evaluation : timeless techniques for program and project managers / / by John Boulmetis and Phyllis Dutwin |
| Autore | Boulmetis John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | San Francisco : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 pages) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | DutwinPhyllis |
| Collana | Research Methods for the Social Sciences |
| Soggetto topico | Management - Evaluation |
| ISBN |
1-118-10364-5
1-118-10366-1 0-470-87354-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819612403321 |
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| San Francisco : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011 | ||
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Event processing for business [[electronic resource] ] : organizing the real time strategy enterprise / / David Luckham
| Event processing for business [[electronic resource] ] : organizing the real time strategy enterprise / / David Luckham |
| Autore | Luckham David C |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic data processing - Distributed processing
Management information systems Event processing (Computer science) Industrial management - Data processing |
| ISBN |
1-118-17185-3
1-119-19869-0 1-283-31607-2 9786613316073 1-118-17183-7 |
| Classificazione | ST 505 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Event Processing for Business: Organizing the Real-Time Enterprise; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Event Processing and the Survival of the Modern Enterprise; Four Basic Questions about Events; What Are Events and Which Ones Are Important?; Why Invest in Event Processing?; Know How Well You're Doing; Use All Event Sources; Detect When What You Need to Know Happens; Event Processing in Use; The Human Element and Other Sources of Errors; Extract What You Want to Know; Getting Started; Chapter 2: Sixty Years of Event Processing; Event Driven Simulation; Networks; Active Databases
MiddlewareThe Enterprise Service Bus; Chaos in the Marketing of Information Systems; Service Oriented Architecture; Event Driven Architecture; Summary: Event Processing, 1950-2010; Chapter 3: First Concepts in Event Processing; New Technology Begets New Problems; What Is an Event?; Event Clouds; Levels of Events and Event Analysis; Remark on Standards for Business Events; Event Streams; Processing the Event Cloud; Complex Event Processing and Systems That Use It; Discussion: Immutability of Events; Summary; Chapter 4: The Rise of Commercial Event Processing The Dawn of Complex Event Processing (CEP)Four Stages of CEP; Simple CEP (1999-2007); CEP versus Custom Coding; Creeping CEP ( 2004- 2012); Business Activity Monitoring; Awareness and Education in Event Processing; Languages for Event Processing; Dashboards and Human-Computer Interfaces; Human-Computer Interfaces; CEP Becomes a Recognized Information Technology (2009-2020); Event Processing Standards; Ubiquitous CEP; Chapter 5: Markets and Emerging Markets for CEP; Market Areas; Financial Systems, Operations, and Services; Fraud Detection; Transportation; Security and Command and Control Command and Control for SecurityHealth Care; Energy; Summary; Chapter 6: Patterns of Events; Events and Event Objects; Overloading Two Meanings; Patterns and Pattern Matching; Single Event Patterns; Processing Patterns by Machine; Patterns of Multiple Events Using Operators; Event Patterns and State; Event Patterns and Time; Causality between Events; Repetitive and Unbounded Behavior; Requirements for an Event Pattern Language; Correctness and Other Questions; Chapter 7: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 1; Event Type Spaces; Restricting the Types of Event Inputs May Not Be an Option The Expanding Input Principle: Always Plan for New Types of Event Inputs and Event OutputsArchitecting Event Processing Strategies; Gross Filters; Prioritization: Split Streaming, Topics, Sentiments, and Other Attributes; Complex Filtering and Prioritization Using Event Patterns; Summary; Chapter 8: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 2; Abstract Events and Views; Levels of Abstraction and Views; Organizing Views; Computing Abstractions by Event Pattern Maps; Computable Event Hierarchies; Flexibility of Hierarchy Definitions; Drill Down and Event Analysis Summary: Dealing with Information Overload |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139568803321 |
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Luckham David C
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 | ||
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Event processing for business : organizing the real time strategy enterprise / / David Luckham
| Event processing for business : organizing the real time strategy enterprise / / David Luckham |
| Autore | Luckham David C |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Soggetto topico |
Electronic data processing - Distributed processing
Management information systems Event processing (Computer science) Industrial management - Data processing |
| ISBN |
9786613316073
9781118171851 1118171853 9781119198697 1119198690 9781283316071 1283316072 9781118171837 1118171837 |
| Classificazione | ST 505 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Event Processing for Business: Organizing the Real-Time Enterprise; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Event Processing and the Survival of the Modern Enterprise; Four Basic Questions about Events; What Are Events and Which Ones Are Important?; Why Invest in Event Processing?; Know How Well You're Doing; Use All Event Sources; Detect When What You Need to Know Happens; Event Processing in Use; The Human Element and Other Sources of Errors; Extract What You Want to Know; Getting Started; Chapter 2: Sixty Years of Event Processing; Event Driven Simulation; Networks; Active Databases
MiddlewareThe Enterprise Service Bus; Chaos in the Marketing of Information Systems; Service Oriented Architecture; Event Driven Architecture; Summary: Event Processing, 1950-2010; Chapter 3: First Concepts in Event Processing; New Technology Begets New Problems; What Is an Event?; Event Clouds; Levels of Events and Event Analysis; Remark on Standards for Business Events; Event Streams; Processing the Event Cloud; Complex Event Processing and Systems That Use It; Discussion: Immutability of Events; Summary; Chapter 4: The Rise of Commercial Event Processing The Dawn of Complex Event Processing (CEP)Four Stages of CEP; Simple CEP (1999-2007); CEP versus Custom Coding; Creeping CEP ( 2004- 2012); Business Activity Monitoring; Awareness and Education in Event Processing; Languages for Event Processing; Dashboards and Human-Computer Interfaces; Human-Computer Interfaces; CEP Becomes a Recognized Information Technology (2009-2020); Event Processing Standards; Ubiquitous CEP; Chapter 5: Markets and Emerging Markets for CEP; Market Areas; Financial Systems, Operations, and Services; Fraud Detection; Transportation; Security and Command and Control Command and Control for SecurityHealth Care; Energy; Summary; Chapter 6: Patterns of Events; Events and Event Objects; Overloading Two Meanings; Patterns and Pattern Matching; Single Event Patterns; Processing Patterns by Machine; Patterns of Multiple Events Using Operators; Event Patterns and State; Event Patterns and Time; Causality between Events; Repetitive and Unbounded Behavior; Requirements for an Event Pattern Language; Correctness and Other Questions; Chapter 7: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 1; Event Type Spaces; Restricting the Types of Event Inputs May Not Be an Option The Expanding Input Principle: Always Plan for New Types of Event Inputs and Event OutputsArchitecting Event Processing Strategies; Gross Filters; Prioritization: Split Streaming, Topics, Sentiments, and Other Attributes; Complex Filtering and Prioritization Using Event Patterns; Summary; Chapter 8: Making Sense of Chaos in Real Time: Part 2; Abstract Events and Views; Levels of Abstraction and Views; Organizing Views; Computing Abstractions by Event Pattern Maps; Computable Event Hierarchies; Flexibility of Hierarchy Definitions; Drill Down and Event Analysis Summary: Dealing with Information Overload |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810597903321 |
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The governance of risk [[electronic resource] /] / David Crowther, Guler Aras, editors
| The governance of risk [[electronic resource] /] / David Crowther, Guler Aras, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4
658.4/032 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ArasGuler
CrowtherDavid |
| Collana | Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility |
| Soggetto topico |
Corporate governance
Risk management Sustainable development |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-46697-4
1-78190-781-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FRONT COVER; THE GOVERNANCE OF RISK; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; REFERENCES; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE: THE REAL TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE; INTRODUCTION; THE BRUNDTLAND REPORT AND AFTER ...; BRUNDTLAND AND SUSTAINABILITY; THE DESCENDANTS OF BRUNDTLAND; ACCOUNTING AND STEWARDSHIP; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; IS CSR IN CRISIS?; INTRODUCTION; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; CSR AND ECONOMIC CRISIS; ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SPAIN; METHOD AND SAMPLE; RESULTS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
UNDERSTANDING STAKEHOLDER ACTIVISM, MANAGING TRANSPARENCY RISK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: STOCKHOLDER VERSUS STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES; TRANSPARENCY: DIMENSIONS AND DILEMMAS; PERSPECTIVES ON CORPORATE TRANSPARENCY; ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS; DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; CORPORATE RISKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN LOW CARBON ECONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE AND LOW CARBON ECONOMY; VIEWS ON LOW CARBON ECONOMY; RISKS OF ENTERPRISES IN LOW CARBON ECONOMY; OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS OF LOW CARBON RESPONSIBILITY; REFERENCES; GOVERNANCE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; INTRODUCTION SUSTAINABILITY AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PILLARS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RISK REDUCING; APPLYING IE TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES; RISK ANALYSIS; GAMES THEORY; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; GOVERNANCE IN CAPITAL MARKET INSTITUTIONS; INTRODUCTION; SEVERAL ASPECTS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE OF CAPITAL MARKETS INSTITUTIONS; CURRENT ISSUES REGARDING GOVERNANCE IN CAPITAL MARKETS; THE ROLE OF STOCK EXCHANGES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; CONCERNS INTRODUCED BY THE RECENT TRENDS; CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION; NOTES; REFERENCES THE ELEMENT OF RISK IN RELATION TO IMPORTING FROM LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES USING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS INTRODUCTION; THE RISKS OF GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE; CANCELLATION OF GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE; COMPLIANCE; A SURVEY OF IMPORTERS WITH REGARDS TO RISK OF IMPORTING USING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS; USE OF SHIPPING AGENTS; COUNTRY OF ORIGIN; CHANGE OF PREFERENCE ALLOCATION; IS THE GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE CONSIDERED AS PART OF BUSINESS STRATEGY?; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION; WITHDRAWAL OF GENERALISED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCE; COMPLIANCE; COUNTRY OF ORIGIN; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES GOVERNANCE, RISK AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: WHAT LESSONS CAN BE LEARNT FROM MINING?INTRODUCTION; PLATINUM MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA; DIAMOND MINING IN BOTSWANA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; THE TERRITORIAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CITY OF VOLTA REDONDA, BRAZIL: THE CASE OF CSN; INTRODUCTION; THE TRAJECTORY OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CSN IN VOLTA REDONDA; THE IMPACT OF STEEL INDUSTRY IN A TERRITORY: THE CASE OF CSN; FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: BEYOND 'GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE' - THE TERRITORIAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; NOTES; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING DECIPHERING THE DIVERSE NATURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE INDIAN PUBLIC SECTOR: A STUDY OF PUBLIC SECTOR BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED (BHEL) COMPANY |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452415503321 |
| Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The governance of risk [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Crowther, Güler Aras
| The governance of risk [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Crowther, Güler Aras |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4
658.4/032 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CrowtherDavid
ArasGüler |
| Collana | Developments in corporate governance and responsibility |
| Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Government & Business
Corporate governance & responsibilities Business ethics Corporate governance Social responsibility of business |
| ISBN |
1-299-46697-4
1-78190-781-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / David Crowther, Güler Aras -- Sustainable practice : the real triple bottom line / Güler Aras, David Crowther -- Is CSR in crisis? / María del Mar Miras Rodríguez -- Understanding stakeholder activism, managing transparency risk / Millicent Danker -- Corporate risks and responsibilities in low carbon economy / Wang Hong -- Governance and socially responsible energy consumption / Shahla Seifi -- Governance in capital market institutions / Güler Aras, Banu Yobas -- The element of risk in relation to importing from lesser developed countries using preferential tariffs / Rachel English -- Governance, risk and stakeholder engagement : what lessons can be learnt from mining? / Veronica Broomes -- The territorial social responsibility in the city of Volta Redonda, Brazil : the case of CSN / Maria Alice Nunes Costa ... [et al.] -- Deciphering the diverse nature of corporate governance in the Indian public sector : a study of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Company / Roopinder Oberoi. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779563203321 |
| Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The governance of risk / / David Crowther, Guler Aras, editors
| The governance of risk / / David Crowther, Guler Aras, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina |
658.4
658.4/032 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ArasGuler
CrowtherDavid |
| Collana | Developments in Corporate Governance and Responsibility |
| Soggetto topico |
Corporate governance
Risk management Sustainable development |
| ISBN |
1-299-46697-4
1-78190-781-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction / David Crowther, Güler Aras -- Sustainable practice : the real triple bottom line / Güler Aras, David Crowther -- Is CSR in crisis? / María del Mar Miras Rodríguez -- Understanding stakeholder activism, managing transparency risk / Millicent Danker -- Corporate risks and responsibilities in low carbon economy / Wang Hong -- Governance and socially responsible energy consumption / Shahla Seifi -- Governance in capital market institutions / Güler Aras, Banu Yobas -- The element of risk in relation to importing from lesser developed countries using preferential tariffs / Rachel English -- Governance, risk and stakeholder engagement : what lessons can be learnt from mining? / Veronica Broomes -- The territorial social responsibility in the city of Volta Redonda, Brazil : the case of CSN / Maria Alice Nunes Costa ... [et al.] -- Deciphering the diverse nature of corporate governance in the Indian public sector : a study of public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) Company / Roopinder Oberoi. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821884103321 |
| Bradford, : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science : Network models
| Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science : Network models |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : Elsevier, 1995 |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Collana | Handbooks in operations research and management science Network models |
| Soggetto topico |
Network analysis (Planning)
Mathematical optimization Algorithms Civil & Environmental Engineering Engineering & Applied Sciences Operations Research |
| ISBN | 0-444-89292-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583399803321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : Elsevier, 1995 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How to do systems analysis / / John E. Gibson, William T. Scherer, William F. Gibson
| How to do systems analysis / / John E. Gibson, William T. Scherer, William F. Gibson |
| Autore | Gibson John E |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 658.4/032 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SchererWilliam T
GibsonWilliam F |
| Collana | Wiley series in systems engineering and management |
| Soggetto topico | System analysis |
| ISBN |
1-280-90112-8
9786610901128 0-470-13059-8 0-470-13058-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
HOW TO DO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; Contents; Preface; A Personal Note from William T. Scherer; A Personal Note from William F. Gibson; A Personal Note from Scott F. Ferber; Original Preface from Jack Gibson; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What Is a System?; 1.2 Terminology Confusion; 1.3 Systems Analysis Equals Operations Research Plus Policy Analysis; 1.4 Attributes of Large-Scale Systems; 1.5 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): An Example of a Large-Scale System; 1.6 Systems Integration; 1.7 What Makes a "Systems Analysis" Different?; 1.8 Distant Roots of Systems Analysis
1.9 Immediate Precursors to Systems Analysis1.10 Development of Systems Analysis As a Distinct Discipline: The Influence of RAND; Historical Case Study: IIASA (A); Exercises; Case Study: Fun at Six Flags?; Historical Case Study: IIASA (B); 2 Six Major Phases of Systems Analysis; 2.1 The Systems Analysis Method: Six Major Phases; 2.2 The Goal-centered or Top-Down Approach; 2.3 The Index of Performance Concept; 2.4 Developing Alternative Scenarios; 2.5 Ranking Alternatives; 2.6 Iteration and the "Error-embracing" Approach; 2.7 The Action Phase: The Life Cycle of a System; Exercises Case Study: Methodologies or Chaos? Part ACase Study: Methodologies or Chaos? Part B; Case Study: Wal-Mart Crisis!; 3 Goal Development; 3.1 Seven Steps in Goal Development; 3.2 On Generalizing the Question; 3.3 The Descriptive Scenario; 3.4 The Normative Scenario; 3.5 The Axiological Component; 3.6 Developing an Objectives Tree; 3.7 Fitch's Goals for an Urbanizing America: An Example of Objectives Tree Construction; 3.8 Content Analysis of Fitch's Goals; 3.9 Validate; 3.10 Iterate; Case Study: Distance Learning in the Future?; Historical Case Study: Goals of 4C, Inc. 4 The Index of Performance4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Desirable Characteristics for an Index of Performance; 4.3 Economic Criteria; 4.4 Compound Interest; 4.5 Four Common Criteria of Economic Efficiency; 4.6 Is There a Problem with Multiple Criteria?; 4.7 What Is Wrong with the B-C Ratio?; 4.8 Can IRR Be Fixed?; 4.9 Expected Monetary Value; 4.10 Nonmonetary Performance Indices; Exercises; Case Study: Sky High Airlines; Case Study: Bridges-Where to Spend the Security Dollars?; Case Study: Measuring the Process and Outcomes of Regional Transportation Collaboration Case Study: Baseball Free Agent Draft5 Develop Alternative Candidate Solutions; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Classical Approach to Creativity; 5.3 Concepts in Creativity; 5.4 Brainstorming; 5.5 Brainwriting; 5.6 Dynamic Confrontation; 5.7 Zwicky's Morphological Box; 5.8 The Options Field/Options Profile Approach; 5.9 Computer Creativity; 5.10 Computer Simulation: a Tool in Option Development; 5.11 Why a Dynamic Simulation for Creating Options?; 5.12 Context-Free Simulation Models?; 5.13 Bottom-Up Simulation or Top-Down?; 5.14 Lessons from the Susquehanna River Basin Model 5.15 The Forrester Urban Model (FUM) and Societal Values |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910876652503321 |
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Gibson John E
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| Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Interscience, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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