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1971 January - June (Radio & Television), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for radio and television from January to June of 1971.

The Computer And The Mud Hut: Notes On Multinational Enterprise In Developing Countries, A. A. Fatouros

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Activity Analysis Of Personnel On Patient Trayline Assembly, June Bishop

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The systems approach in food service administration is the initial step in analyzing current procedures to determine the effectiveness of resource utilization. Analysis begins with observation of a system to provide possible explanations of the system behavior.

The purpose of this research was to determine through work sampling the proportion of both productive and nonproductive labor time of operators on the tray assembly, the labor time and labor cost required in each position and for each meal, and to test the hypothesis that there was no significant difference between the productivity index (trays per minute) during Phase A and Phase …

History Of Business Education At Morehead State University February, 1938, Through August, 1970, Karen Kennedy

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the Business Education Graduate Committee at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Education by Karen Kennedy in December of 1970.

Profile: December, 1970. Vol: 3 No: 6, Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc., Blue Cross Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

December 1970 employee monthly newsletter printed for employees, their families and friends.

An Efficient Algorithm For Minimizing Barrier And Penalty Functions, Leon S. Lasdon

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Constrained minimization is often done via interior penalty functions. Such functions can be very difficult to minimize using existing algorithms. In this paper, a new algorithm is described which is specially constructed to deal with such functions. It generates search directions by linearizing the objective and constraints about the current (interior) point, substituting these linearizations into the penalty function, and minimizing the result. Properties of the algorithm are derived, an efficient method for solving the direction finding problem is suggested, and computational results are presented. Preliminary results are also given on an extension to quasi-barrier and exterior penalty functions.

A Computerized Data Base Of Hardware For Real-Time Information Systems, Donald E. Pauley

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

A strategy for evaluation of the information processing requirements of real-time systems is presented with a discussion of future research necessary for the development of algorithms for the automatic design and evaluation of real-time information systems. A model for a database containing the characteristics of the hardware for real-time systems is developed.

Stochastic Cash Flow Formulae Under Conditions Of Inflation, Arnold Reisman, Arza K. Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper presents time-dependent deterministic and stochastic variations of common discounted cash flow formulae with explicit consideration given to inflation. The cash flows, the rates of discount or of compounding, and the rate of inflation are allowed to vary with time in a deterministic as well as random fashion in equations for the Compound Amount of a Single Payment, Present Worth of a Single Payment, Amount of an Annuity, Periodic Deposits to Accumulate a Future Amount, Present Worth of an Annuity, Capital Recovery, and the Present Worth of a Deferred Annuity.

Toward A Tuition Credit Allocation Methodology For Institutions Of Higher Learning, Arnold Reisman, Burton V. Dean, Robert R. White

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper describes a methodology developed at the Case Western Reserve University for the purposes of more rationally keeping track of the costs of education and for the allocation of tuition revenue credits. One of the co-authors recognized the lack of a database necessary for more rational decision making. This paper reports on a methodology designed to provide the tuition element segment of such a base.

Management Services Forum, William E. Arnstein, Philip L. Blumenthal, Roy A. Lindberg, Arthur B. Toan Jr., H. G. Trentin, Allen Weiss

Management Services: A Magazine of Planning, Systems, and Controls

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Programming And Fuzzy Allocation Processes, Augustine O. Esogbue, Vengalathur Ramesh

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

The modeling and computational aspects of certain allocation processes are studied through a new concept in systems theory --- fuzzy decision making. The use of these concepts will generally provide models of better proximity to the systems modelled than the traditional deterministic and stochastic approaches. Some concepts of fuzzy systems theory are first introduced. Fuzzy dynamic programming models with their corresponding flow charts are then provided for an allocation problem arising in R&D systems. The computational problems in fuzzy algorithms are discussed. An extensive bibliography on fuzzy decision theory is included.

A Special Linear Program, R. Chandrasekaran

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This study addresses an optimization problem within a water resources system, focusing on the allocation of firm power. Demands for power occur in fixed ratios throughout the year, with total annual demand being substantial. The challenge lies in determining the total amount of power to supply for the year while ensuring it is distributed proportionally across months. At the beginning of a contractual period, a utility company must be promised a specified amount of power, delivered according to seasonal ratios (e.g., higher demand in winter). This paper formulates the problem in detail, providing a framework for optimizing the allocation of …

Mechanical Rules For Trading In Wheat Futures, William J. Brown, Thomas B. Crabill, Burton V. Dean

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

An answer to the question of whether to buy, wait, or sell when trading in wheat futures is sought through the use of heuristic mechanical trading rules. Two basic models are examined. In the first, an updated price band is maintained about the daily close. The relationship between a given day's closing price and the previous day's price band is the signal to buy, wait, or sell. In the second approach, a linear regression is calculated for closing prices over time, and a tolerance band is established about the calculated line. Both fixed and variable bands are considered. Whenever a …

A Pseudo Dual All-Integer Algorithm For The Set Covering Problem, Harvey M. Salkin, Ronald D. Koncal

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

A modified linear programming method for the inequality or equality set covering problem (i.e., minimize cx subject to Ex ≥ b or Ex = b, where E is a zero-one matrix, b is a column of ones, and c is a nonnegative integral row) is presented. The "almost unimodular" property of the (zero-one) constraint matrix suggested an algorithm in which one performs (dual) simplex interactions whenever unit pivots are available and adjoin Gomory all-integer cuts when they are not. Finiteness, time reducing criteria, the elimination of roundoff errors, and applications to enumerative schemes are discussed. Preliminary computational experience, being very …

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 12 No. 1, Robert R. Sullivan, David S. Lindsay, Lynne B. Iglitzin, Billy G. Gunter, Forest K. Davis, James Binney, Howard Mckinley Corning, Robert Lax, Leonard Gilley, Donald Junkins, Carl Cary, Tom O'Leary, William Virgil Davis, Stuart Friebert, William Sayres, Jeddie Smith, Richard Amorosi, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

THE MIDWEST QUARTERLY begins this twelfth year with its longest, weightiest, and, we believe, strongest issue. In range we move from detente in Europe to violence on the home front, from the financing of political campaigns to the manipulations of door-to-door selling, from the waning of "existentialism" to the relevance of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In order of appearance our authors are ROBERT R. SULLIVAN, Queens College, New York; DAVID LINDSAY, Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg; LYNNE B. IGLITZIN, University of Washington, Seattle; BILLY G. GUNTER, University of South Florida, Tampa; FOREST K. DAVIS, Wilberforce University, …

Stochastic Games With Semi-Markovian Rewards, R. Chandrasekaran, K.P. K. Nair, S. Subba Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper examines a two-person zero-sum stochastic game with a finite number of states and non-terminating transitions. Unlike prior studies that focus on Markovian reward structures, this work explores semi-Markovian reward structures, deriving the equations that the game's value must satisfy. The study develops convergent algorithms for finite and infinite transitions, considering scenarios with and without discounting. Potential extensions include nonzero-sum games and time-horizon analyses. The model serves as a generalization of Jewell's semi-Markovian decision process in a game-theoretic context and extends the non-terminating stochastic game framework of Hoffman and Karp. This research broadens the scope of stochastic games by …

Some Considerations Of A Queueing Model For Research And Development Project Flow, S. Subba Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

The purpose of the present note is to consider the stochastic flow of projects in a Research and Development Organization. The flow of projects can be modeled as a stochastic network of queues. But the questions as to the details remain to be answered apart from the difficult and important question of how to analyze such systems. One has to concede that in the simplest case of time-homogeneous Poisson inputs exponential services and unlimited waiting space in between stations, the problem is solvable. But any relaxation of these conditions leads to new difficulties. Some of the problems raised in this …

On The Evaluation Of Shortage Costs For Inventory Control, Muhittin Oral, Michael S. Salvador, Arnold Reisman, Burton V. Dean

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper summarizes work performed in evaluating shortage costs associated with stockouts for each of a manufacturer's seven thousand catalogued line items. A modified version of a decision tree model proposed by Yu Chang is employed in a determination of estimated unit shortage costs for a stratified random sample of items. The results are then extended to all items on the basis of an excellent correlation between the evaluated unit shortage costs and unit gross profits of the items in the sample.

Optimal Location Of A Single Service Center Of Certain Types, K.P. K. Nair

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Considering communities to be interconnected by road network, Hakimi provided a graph theoretic method for finding the optimal location of a single service center, such as hospital or police station, minimizing largest distance from the service center. The same problem is considered in this paper when the region to be served is represented by a convex polygon with finite number of corner points and the distance between any pair of points in the polygon is taken to be the straight path between the two points. This problem is shown to be exact in certain cases though in some other cases …

Some Considerations Of A Queueing Model For Research And Development Project Flow, S. Subba Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

The purpose of the present note is to consider the stochastic flow of projects in a Research and Development Organization. The flow of projects can be modeled as a stochastic network of queues. But the questions as to the details remain to be answered apart from the difficult and important question of how to analyze such systems. One has to concede that in the simplest case of time-homogeneous Poisson inputs exponential services and unlimited waiting space in between stations, the problem is solvable. But any relaxation of these conditions leads to new difficulties. Some of the problems raised in this …

1970 July - December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from July to December of 1970.

Recruitment For The Future -- A New Approach, Before The American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants 83rd Annual Meeting, September 23, 1970, New York, New York, John M. Graham

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Annual Meeting Of The American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants, 83rd, New York, September 21, 1970., American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

No abstract provided.

Economic Feasibility Analysis Of Lion Country Safari Park In Texas, Economics Research Associates

Harrison "Buzz" Price Papers

In 1970, Lion Country Safari, owned by National Leisure, Inc. operated two animal parks one in Florida and one in California. Lion Country Safari was looking for a third location at which to expand its operations; the Dallas, Texas, area had been tentatively selected as the location, and negotiations for a parcel of property on which to locate an attraction were under way. However, prior to making a final decision regarding this area, Economics Research Associates was retained to conduct an analysis and feasibility evaluation of the proposed Dallas attraction. The report has the following sections: 1) introduction, 2) summary …

Trends In Accounting Education, Helene M. A. Ramanauskas

Woman C.P.A.

No abstract provided.

Reviews - Writings In Accounting, Marie D. Dubke

Woman C.P.A.

No abstract provided.

The Psychological Needs Of Hospital Dietary Supportive Personnel, Ralph Morales Jr.

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Achieving objectives in hospital food service systems is made more critical by the increasing rate of labor turnover. One of the major emphases that seems to offer promise for solving certain current manpower problems is a better understanding of the factors which may contribute to turnover. A quantitative approach to the identification of human needs in the work environment should provide information relevant to more effective planning and utilization of human resources.

The purpose of this research was to determine if by examining the psychological needs of hospital dietary supportive personnel, information could be derived for more objective management of …

Non Iterative Algorithm Form Solving Special Types Of Transportation Problems, Benjamin Lev

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Many transportation problems are such that, when origins and destinations are suitably indexed, the cost matrix contains elements along the main diagonal, a band above it, and a band below it, while the other elements of the cost matrix are infinite. A procedure has been developed which yields optimal solution to such tridiagonal problems in n steps for a n-origin, n-destination problem. A second model has been solved for a tridiagonal and a coupling column of the cost matrix. A third model, a four-diagonal one, has been partially solved. We suggested and showed a method to solve any other model …

1970-08-26, Morehead State Board Of Regents

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Advertising And Product Differentiation Upon Industry Growth Rates, David Charles Shurr

Masters Theses - Marketing

The static theory of the firm suggests that advertising expenditures may restrict output and retard growth. The specific hypothesis upon which this study is based states that advertising and product differentiation will indeed retard industry growth rates.