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Publication Date: 1971
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Educational Decision-Making Through Operations Research.
Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A.; And Others
This book focuses on and utilizes the methodology and tools of systems analysis and operations research to demonstrate their use in planning for the future and meeting public demands for information on how tax money is being spent by educational administrators. The range of possible and relevant applications is demonstrated by a step-by-step introduction to the particular concept being discussed and by an actual application whenever possible. Subject headings include (1) an introduction to operations research, (2) input-output analysis, (3) decision tables and strategies, (4) educational relationships and statistical specifications, (5) probability, (6) linear programing, (7) queuing theory, (8) program evaluation and review technique -- critical path method, and (9) program planning and budgeting systems. (JF)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Critical Path Method, Data Processing, Decision Making, Input Output Analysis, Linear Programing, Management Systems, Mathematical Models, Operations Research, Probability, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Systems Concepts
Allyn and Bacon, Inc., 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 ($7.50)
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