Community-based operations research: decision modeling for local impact and diverse populations / Edited by Michael P. Johnson

Contributor(s):

Johnson, Michael P [Editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: International series in operations research & management sciencePublication details: New York: Springer Verlag, c2012.Description: xxiii, 340 p.: ill. (some col.); 24 cmISBN:

9781461408055:
1461408059 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
9781461408062

ISSN:

08848289

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.4034 JOH (C)

Contents:

Models and Analytic Methods -- Community-Based Operations Research: Introduction, Theory, and Applications / Michael P. Johnson -- "Community-Based Operations Research" / Michael P. Johnson, Karen Smilowitz -- Operations Management in Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations / Natalie A. Privett -- Modeling Equity for Allocating Public Resources / Philip D. Leclerc, Laura A. McLay, Maria E. Mayorga -- Facility Location and Spatial Analysis -- Spatial Optimization and Geographic Uncertainty: Implications for Sex Offender Management Strategies / Alan T. Murray, Tony H. Grubesic -- Locating Neighborhood Parks with a Lexicographic Multiobjective Optimization Method / Jorge A. Sefair, Adriana Molano, Andrés L. Medaglia, Olga L. Sarmiento -- Using GIS-Based Models to Protect Children from Lead Exposure / Douglas Hastings, Marie Lynn Miranda -- Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups -- A Model for Hair Care Flow in Salons in the Black Community / Farmer L. Lee Stenson -- Street Gangs: A Modeling Approach to Evaluating "At-Risk" Youth and Communities / B. Jacob Loeffelholz, Richard F. Deckro, Shane A. Knighton -- Fair Fare Policies: Pricing Policies that Benefit Transit-Dependent Riders / Kendra C. Taylor, Erick C. Jones -- Service Delivery -- Decision Making for Emergency Medical Services / Hari K. Rajagopalan, Cem Saydam, Hubert Setzler, Elisabeth Sharer -- Capacity Planning for Publicly Funded Community Based Long-Term Care Services / Feng Lin, Nan Kong, Mark Lawley -- A DEA Application Measuring Educational Costs and Efficiency of Illinois Elementary Schools / Jaye Samantha Flavin, Ryan Murphy, John Ruggiero.

Abstract: This volume examines how to deal with localized social problems for which demographic and social characteristics of affected populations are salient. Examples include defining rules for registered sex offenders in search of homes, or allocating primary-care physicians in a state to ensure access to health care.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Models and Analytic Methods --
Community-Based Operations Research: Introduction, Theory, and Applications / Michael P. Johnson --
"Community-Based Operations Research" / Michael P. Johnson, Karen Smilowitz --
Operations Management in Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations / Natalie A. Privett --
Modeling Equity for Allocating Public Resources / Philip D. Leclerc, Laura A. McLay, Maria E. Mayorga --
Facility Location and Spatial Analysis --
Spatial Optimization and Geographic Uncertainty: Implications for Sex Offender Management Strategies / Alan T. Murray, Tony H. Grubesic --
Locating Neighborhood Parks with a Lexicographic Multiobjective Optimization Method / Jorge A. Sefair, Adriana Molano, Andrés L. Medaglia, Olga L. Sarmiento --
Using GIS-Based Models to Protect Children from Lead Exposure / Douglas Hastings, Marie Lynn Miranda --
Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups --
A Model for Hair Care Flow in Salons in the Black Community / Farmer L. Lee Stenson --
Street Gangs: A Modeling Approach to Evaluating "At-Risk" Youth and Communities / B. Jacob Loeffelholz, Richard F. Deckro, Shane A. Knighton --
Fair Fare Policies: Pricing Policies that Benefit Transit-Dependent Riders / Kendra C. Taylor, Erick C. Jones --
Service Delivery --
Decision Making for Emergency Medical Services / Hari K. Rajagopalan, Cem Saydam, Hubert Setzler, Elisabeth Sharer --
Capacity Planning for Publicly Funded Community Based Long-Term Care Services / Feng Lin, Nan Kong, Mark Lawley --
A DEA Application Measuring Educational Costs and Efficiency of Illinois Elementary Schools / Jaye Samantha Flavin, Ryan Murphy, John Ruggiero.

This volume examines how to deal with localized social problems for which demographic and social characteristics of affected populations are salient. Examples include defining rules for registered sex offenders in search of homes, or allocating primary-care physicians in a state to ensure access to health care.

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