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Reversing Financial Goals Overnight In An International Company, Leo G. Blatz Nov 1973

Reversing Financial Goals Overnight In An International Company, Leo G. Blatz

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Interactive Accounting On The Shared Computer?, Allen P. Vollen Nov 1973

Interactive Accounting On The Shared Computer?, Allen P. Vollen

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Cost-Performance Tradeoffs In Real-Time Systems Design, Barry E. Cushing, David H. Dial Nov 1973

Cost-Performance Tradeoffs In Real-Time Systems Design, Barry E. Cushing, David H. Dial

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Nov 1973

People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


University Parking Demand Study, Michael Baum, Don Begley, Joel Brandon, Burton V. Dean, Clara Gulyas, Keith Kundo, Harsh Manglik, S. Subba Rao, Phyllus Selders, Ram Shankaran, Laura Washington Nov 1973

University Parking Demand Study, Michael Baum, Don Begley, Joel Brandon, Burton V. Dean, Clara Gulyas, Keith Kundo, Harsh Manglik, S. Subba Rao, Phyllus Selders, Ram Shankaran, Laura Washington

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This report analyzes parking permit and visitor parking demand to assess their impact on future parking facility plans at the University. Using statistical methods to identify trends and the DELPHI Method to estimate future demand, the study also incorporates questionnaire data to determine visitor destinations and compares Case Western Reserve University's parking availability and fees to peer institutions. Recommendations are provided regarding the need for new parking facilities and potential improvements to parking services for the University community


Optimal Design Of Acoustic Sonar Transducer Arrays, Leon S. Lasdon, Allan D. Waren, Dan Suchman Nov 1973

Optimal Design Of Acoustic Sonar Transducer Arrays, Leon S. Lasdon, Allan D. Waren, Dan Suchman

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

A problem in engineering design is formulated and solved as a nonlinear optimization problem. The problem is to design an array of sonar acoustic transducers. Design parameters are the locations of the transducers, and their amplitude shading coefficients and phase delays. The objective is to choose values for these parameters so that the directivity pattern of the array has a narrow main lobe and minimal minor lobe levels. The problem is solved by an interior penalty function method. Results are presented which show significant improvement of the directivity pattern for 2 test problems. A final section discusses the effects varying …


Cost Effectiveness Study Of Two Experimental Programs At A Major Public Hospital, Burton V. Dean, Arnold Reisman, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, C. Egyhazy Nov 1973

Cost Effectiveness Study Of Two Experimental Programs At A Major Public Hospital, Burton V. Dean, Arnold Reisman, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, C. Egyhazy

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This report presents a Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation Study performed at a Major Public Hospital in the Cleveland Area. The purpose of this study was to evaluate two experimental programs instituted in 1973. The cost-effectiveness evaluation model is developed and applied to the two experimental programs - Clinic '68' and Admission. Prior to the development of the model a complete systems description was prepared. The model contains cost and effectiveness factors, which are evaluated individually and combined, according to their relative importance, into a single cost-effectiveness value. This methodology has the characteristic of being transferable to other health care program evaluations. Methods …


No. 82 1973 November Nov 1973

No. 82 1973 November

International Journal for Business Education

SIEC Historical Documents


Predicting Registered Nurse Labor Turnover, Marylou Kiley, S. Subba Rao Oct 1973

Predicting Registered Nurse Labor Turnover, Marylou Kiley, S. Subba Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

As a result of the study of the length of service of 360 resigned and 360 currently employed registered nurses in a single general hospital in Cleveland, a Markov chain model is developed which predicts on the average the proportion of employees who leave and the proportion of employees who stay over any number of monthly time periods. While the Markov chain is a discrete time Markov process, the model has a time dependent feature. The transition probability matrix can be updated and accuracy will improve. This approach can be easily operationalized given the historical data regarding the total number …


Nonlinear Optimization Using The Generalized Reduced Gradient Method, Leon S. Lasdon, Richard L. Fox, Margery W. Ratner Oct 1973

Nonlinear Optimization Using The Generalized Reduced Gradient Method, Leon S. Lasdon, Richard L. Fox, Margery W. Ratner

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Generalized Reduced Gradient methods are algorithms for solving nonlinear programs of general structure. This paper discusses the basic principles of GRG, and constructs a specific GRG algorithm. The logic of a computer program implementing this algorithm is presented by means of flow charts and discussion. A numerical example is given to illustrate the functioning of this program.


Market Survey For The Cleveland Zoological Park, Burton V. Dean, Hamilton Emmons, Keki R. Dadachanji Oct 1973

Market Survey For The Cleveland Zoological Park, Burton V. Dean, Hamilton Emmons, Keki R. Dadachanji

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

As Phase I of a market research study of the Cleveland Zoological Park, the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the zoo visitor, actual and potential, have been investigated during the summer of 1973 through a series of on-site and telephone interviews. Further, the visitors opinions were solicited on various zoo-related subjects. Phase II, planned for 1974, will follow up with a series of controlled experiments and innovations seeking ways to increase both attendance and revenue. The results of Phase I are reported in this paper. The following visitor information has been collected and analyzed: geographic distribution, identity of decision-maker, frequency …


Planning A New Urban Transit Complex, Edwin T. Boyle Sep 1973

Planning A New Urban Transit Complex, Edwin T. Boyle

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Now - What Do You Do With Him?, Robert O. Redd Sep 1973

Now - What Do You Do With Him?, Robert O. Redd

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Providing Help For The Company In Trouble, William E. Arnstein, Ray W. Cheesman Sep 1973

Providing Help For The Company In Trouble, William E. Arnstein, Ray W. Cheesman

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Ninth Annual Aicpa Computer Conference, Louise H. Dratler Sep 1973

Ninth Annual Aicpa Computer Conference, Louise H. Dratler

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Corporate Risk Policies, P. Bruce Buchan Sep 1973

Corporate Risk Policies, P. Bruce Buchan

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Data Processing Security: A Selected Bibliography, George H. Rittersbach Sep 1973

Data Processing Security: A Selected Bibliography, George H. Rittersbach

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


What People Are Writing About, William T. Harris Jr., James H. Scheiner, Orland S. Lee, Roland M. Stanton Sep 1973

What People Are Writing About, William T. Harris Jr., James H. Scheiner, Orland S. Lee, Roland M. Stanton

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Sep 1973

People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Management Adviser, Volume 10, Number 5, September-October 1973 (Whole Issue), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Sep 1973

Management Adviser, Volume 10, Number 5, September-October 1973 (Whole Issue), American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


Some Results For A Special Non-Stationary Markov Chain, S. Subba Rao Sep 1973

Some Results For A Special Non-Stationary Markov Chain, S. Subba Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

In this report we consider a nonstationary Markov chain whose transition probabilities vary periodically in time. Such a Markov chain is in between a stationary and completely nonstationary chains. Such chains can be used to model stochastic situations where seasonalities or other such periodic phenomena are present. The structure of the process is examined in terms of the transition probability matrices for each period.


1973-08-02, Morehead State Board Of Regents Aug 1973

1973-08-02, Morehead State Board Of Regents

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.


A Method For Screening Student Applications For Award Of Financial Aid, S. Subba Rao, N. Mohan Aug 1973

A Method For Screening Student Applications For Award Of Financial Aid, S. Subba Rao, N. Mohan

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

The objectives of the present study are the following: 1) To study the profile of a student who declined the offer of admission (with or without financial aid). 2) To study the profile of a student who accepted the offer of admission (with or without aid) and joined the Department of Operations Research. 3) To discriminate between the above two types of students in (2) and (3). 4) To suggest how information in (3) can be used to make financial aid awards.


Bimatrix Markovian Decision Processes And Stochastic Ratio Games, Vijaykumar V. Aggarwal Aug 1973

Bimatrix Markovian Decision Processes And Stochastic Ratio Games, Vijaykumar V. Aggarwal

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

Markov decision processes and stochastic games have been considered in this dissertation. An infinite planning horizon is assumed. Both discounted and undiscounted cash flows have been treated. In Markov decision process, a two-dimensional reward structure is considered and the objective criterion is to maximize the rate of return. It has been shown that a pure stationary optimal policy exists, whenever the rewards are finite and, in particular, the investment part of cash flow is positive. In the case of discounted cash flows, the optimal policy depends on the initial state the process is in. Finite algorithms have been proposed to …


A Decision Model Of The Countdown Process, Burton V. Dean Aug 1973

A Decision Model Of The Countdown Process, Burton V. Dean

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper examines two key decision problems in the countdown process: determining which tests and operations should be performed, and establishing their optimal sequence and duration. The authors posit that while potential actions can be enumerated at the start of the countdown, the actual sequence will depend on the system's state during the process. The paper aims to develop a methodology for solving these decision problems, viewing them as an adaptive process. Various modeling approaches are discussed, including game-theoretic models using "trees" to illustrate different countdown strategies, and search theory to find optimal action sequences. The authors also mention considering …


A Counter Example In Location Theory, R. Chandrasekaran Aug 1973

A Counter Example In Location Theory, R. Chandrasekaran

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This note settles an open question posed in [1] concerning certain location problems. An example is provided to show that some intuitive ideas are not true.


A National Planning Model For Higher Education, Vaughn E. Huckfeldt Aug 1973

A National Planning Model For Higher Education, Vaughn E. Huckfeldt

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This report presents the results of an initial research effort in the development of a national planning model for higher education. The design of the prototype model discussed in this report is based on existing or derivable (derived from basic data) institutional and student data and is designed to permit prototype planning studies to examine the impact of alternative federal programs on the accessibility of students to higher education, and to a lesser extent on the institutional viability (the ability to survive with a given level of funding). The model has assisted in identifying high payoff areas for future research …


Some Results For Hyper-Exponential And Hyper-Poisson Queues, Shailesh J. Mehta, S. Subba Rao Aug 1973

Some Results For Hyper-Exponential And Hyper-Poisson Queues, Shailesh J. Mehta, S. Subba Rao

Research Reports from the Department of Operations

This paper examines steady-state queuing systems, focusing on hyper-exponential and hyper-Poisson queues. Explicit queue length probabilities, waiting time distributions, and related metrics are derived using an imbedded Markov chain technique for M|HE₂|1, HE₂|M|1, and M|HEₙ|1 systems. The analysis addresses stochastic service rates with multi-point distributions, providing solutions for busy period distributions in specific queuing models. A cubic equation for the Laplace transform of the busy period distribution is also presented, offering a detailed approach to understanding queue dynamics and performance metrics.


People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants Jul 1973

People, Events, Techniques, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.


What To Do Until The (Edp) Doctor Comes!, James V. Quinn Jul 1973

What To Do Until The (Edp) Doctor Comes!, James V. Quinn

Management Adviser

No abstract provided.