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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Johnson, Michael P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 167
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Macroeconomics.; Social policy.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Social Policy.

Community-based operations research (CBOR) is the use of analytical methods with government and organizations in the formal and informal non-profit sector to improve the lives of individuals and communities. The beneficiaries of these methods tend to be localized, as well as members of disadvantaged...