The problem of production and employment scheduling may be stated as follows. Given the monthly demands for the product turned out by a factory, what should be the monthly production rates and work force levels in order to minimize the total cost of regular payroll and overtime, hiring and...

Previously reported research documented the analogue between sales districting and legislative apportionment and described the first applications of computer techniques to the redrawing of sales and service areas. This paper summarizes what we have learned from these seven applications. We...

Suppose that an investing firm is primarily interested in achieving a specified minimum return critical to its economic survival. Then it seems appropriate to maximize the probability of exceeding the aspiration level. This decision criterion will be applied in the context of several stochastic...

Comments about Churchman, C. W., A. H. Schainblatt. 1965. The researcher and the manager: A dialectic of implementation. Management Sci. 11 (4) B69-B87. The purpose of this paper is to review various opinions and differences of opinion which have been expressed concerning that aspect of research...

Hanssmanns erfolgreiches OR-Lehrbuch in 4.Auflage! Aus dem Inhalt: Einleitung. Methodik der analytischen Systemforschung. Methodik der synthetischen Systemforschung. Integration der Systemforschung in der Organisation. Anhang: Beziehung zu anderen Disziplinen. Fallstudien. Spezielle methodische...