Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 4th International Conference on Materials and Products Manufacturing Technology (ICMPMT 2014), September 18-19, 2014, Chongqing, China. The 248 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Metals and Alloys; Chapter 2: Composite Materials and...

This article considers current capacity issues in health care and the development of quantitative techniques to facilitate a high-level strategic assessment of hospital activity within a region. In providing that assessment, a variety of decision problems are foreseen, and we test the notion...