Operational Research
Operational Research: Application of the Arena Software for the Optimization of the Inox Tower Manufacturing Process
... The objective of the study is to evaluate the process of production of the towers and to find alternatives to improve the performance and obtain greater control of the internal processes through the operational ...
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Bottlenecks, concerns and needs in malaria operational research: the perspectives of key stakeholders in Nigeria
... of operational research (OR) and setting research priorities that can help direct research towards malaria elimination specific needs [3, ...[5]. Operational research, an ...
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Opioid substitution therapy in manipur and nagaland, north-east india: operational research in action
... this operational research indicate that the provision of OST by NGOs in the severely constrained context of Manipur and Nagaland achieved outcomes that are internationally comparable, ...
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Consumer finance: challenges for operational research
... Abstract : Consumer finance has become one of the most important areas of banking both because of the amount of money being lent and the impact of such credit on the global economy and the realisation that the credit ...
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Operational research as implementation science: definitions, challenges and research priorities
... Priority 2: raising demand and the liberation of OR Much of the challenge in the use of OR as an implemen- tation science technique that I outline is rooted in the lack of organisational awareness and experience of the ...
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The introduction of operational research into developing countries with special reference to Nigeria
... in Operational Research should be posted to some ministries, so that at least some basic data on the operations of the ministry could be collected and stored, because it is very cumbersome, even if there is ...
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Setting a Nigeria national malaria operational research agenda: the process
... country operational research dia- logue comprising head of thematic branches (case manage- ment and drug policy, monitoring and evaluation, advocacy communication and social mobilization, integrated vector ...
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A critique of the practice and methodology of operational research
... of operational research developed from an introduction to the subject within a university degree course, followed by three months' experience as an OR analyst in the retail ...
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Research that influences policy and practice – characteristics of operational research to improve malaria control in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
... that research- ers primarily have a selfish agenda ...and research institutions in developing countries to communicate re- search findings with local policymakers, practicing health professionals, and the ...
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Operational research in the evaluation of social security benefit policies
... A Role for Operational Research in the Analysis and Evaluation of Social Security Benefit Policies.. Variables, Structure and Data.[r] ...
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Optimization of Urban Rail Transportation in Emerging Countries Using Operational Research Techniques
... of operational research technique to urban rail transportation projects in these emerging countries will help to maximize value for money and meeting policy ...are operational research tools ...
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A New Neuroinformatics Approach to Optimize Diagnosis Cost in Neurology: An Operational Research Tool
... of operational research is a predictive power and economy of compactness that is applied to solve specific clinical needs relevant to healthcare cost ...an operational research tool ...
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Operational Research and Organizational System
... Based on this view, is based on the need to develop a critical paradigm of operational research. Soft OR are particularly exposed to criticism because of its regulatory and conservative nature of the ...
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Operational research on malaria control and elimination: a review of projects published between 2008 and 2013
... The past decade has seen tremendous progress in mal- aria control worldwide. According to the World Malaria Report 2013 [1], 52 of the 97 countries with ongoing malaria transmission are on track to reduce their case ...
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Inequity averse optimisation in operational research
... well-known operational research (OR) problems such as knap- sack, scheduling or assignment problems have been considered from an equity ...the operational research literature on inequity ...
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Inequity averse decisions in operational research
... Most of the problems in OR can be categorized into one of three classes based on what is required from the decision support. These are …nding the best solution (or a subset of good solutions), ranking and sorting ([144], ...
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Building global capacity for conducting operational research using the SORT IT model: where and who?
... of operational research and sustained support by experienced mentors during the peer-review process and ...publish operational research, the need to diversify the portfolio of disease ...
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Some Trends and Applications of Operational Research/Management Science to Operations Management
... Operations Research techniques applied to the Operations Management and about its future ...operations research techniques, one is a philosophy in the field of operations management, another to an area of ...
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Improving the production of applied health research findings: insights from a qualitative study of operational research
... Physical context: Large conference room. Two parallel screens, lots of PCs [computers] on either side of the conference room. Chairs organised roughly in rows, like an auditorium. Some participants in rows, others ...
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Theoretical foundations of operational research
... theory moves beyond merely asserting that management mould 'take care' of it presupposes theory which OR's need for an objective basis, a social if by how their properly constructed woul[r] ...
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