In this paper a probabilistic branch and bound procedure is developed for the ambulance location problem. Information on system characteristics under various ambulance assignments and dispatch rules was provided by a digital simulation. The output of the simulation was also used to construct the...

This paper examines some of the interrelationships between the formal organization of a regulatory agency and its task environment. Central to the analysis is the development of a simulation model of a regulatory agency. The model depicts the agency as an hierarchical assemblage of decision...

In evaluating R&D opportunities executives make tradeoffs among three classes of attributes: commitment of resources, expected payoff, and risk. The focus of this study of Canadian top executives and R&D managers is the investigation of these tradeoffs and how they differ among executives and...