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Role Strain In University Research Centers, Craig Boardman, Barry Bozeman
Role Strain In University Research Centers, Craig Boardman, Barry Bozeman
Craig Boardman
We examine interview data from 21 science and engineering faculty affiliated with both academic departments and university research centers. Our results indicate that such scientists experience "role strain" but that resources provided by the centers provide sufficient inducement for affiliation. An important faculty development issue is whether the increments in resources are sufficient to offset the fragmentation of activities likely associated with role strain.
Tutorials In Operations Research: Models, Methods And Applications For Innovative Decisionmaking, Michael Johnson, Bryan Norman, Nicola Secomandi
Tutorials In Operations Research: Models, Methods And Applications For Innovative Decisionmaking, Michael Johnson, Bryan Norman, Nicola Secomandi
Michael P. Johnson
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Planning Models For Affordable Housing Development, Michael Johnson
Planning Models For Affordable Housing Development, Michael Johnson
Michael P. Johnson
This paper presents new mathematical programming-based planning models for the provision of affordable housing to low-income and moderate-income families by government and nongovernmental entities. These models address two key policy concerns of housing providers: setting priorities for investments among a variety of affordable housing programs, and choosing locations and configurations for particular affordable housing initiatives. This paper also incorporates elements of location-design models to address various programmatic and physical attributes associated with affordable housing. Computational results based on a case study demonstrate the potential of these models to generate affordable housing strategies that are flexible, meet affordable housing `gaps', and …
Community-Based Operations Research, Michael Johnson, Karen Smilowitz
Community-Based Operations Research, Michael Johnson, Karen Smilowitz
Michael P. Johnson
Community-based operations research is defined as the collection of analytical methods applied to problem domains in which interests of underrepresented, underserved, or vulnerable populations in localized jurisdictions, formal or informal, receive special emphasis, and for which solutions to problems of core concern for daily living must be identified and implemented so as to jointly optimize economic efficiency, social equity, and administrative burdens.As such, it represents a specific domain within public-sector OR.Comm unity-based operations research (OR) problems tend to be “messy” and highly dependent on political and social considerations. Nevertheless, solution of these problems is essential to the continued health and …