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Community-Based Operations Research: Decision Modeling for Local Impact and Diverse Populations

Community-Based Operations Research: Decision Modeling for Local Impact and Diverse Populations

Hardcover

Series: International Operations Research & Management Science, Book 167

Business GeneralInvesting & FinanceGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1461408059
ISBN13: 9781461408055
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 15 2011
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.62
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.33 Depth: 9.51
Language: English
This edited volume is an introduction to diverse methods and applications in operations research focused on local populations and community-based organizations that have the potential to improve the lives of individuals and communities in tangible ways. The book's themes include: space, place and community; disadvantaged, underrepresented or underserved populations; international and transnational applications; multimethod, cross-disciplinary and comparative approaches and appropriate technology; and analytics. The book is comprised of eleven original submissions, a re-print of a 2007 article by Johnson and Smilowitz that introduces CBOR, and an introductory chapter that provides policy motivation, antecedents to CBOR in OR/MS, a theory of CBOR and a comprehensive review of the chapters. It is hoped that this book will provide a resource to academics and practitioners who seek to develop methods and applications that bridge the divide between traditional OR/MS rooted in mathematical models and newer streams in 'soft OR' that emphasize problem structuring methods, critical approaches to OR/MS and community engagement and capacity-building.

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