<p>The aim of this book is to clarify what is involved in using decision-aiding software in evaluative decision-making at a non-technical level. Topics covered include the skills that software enhances, the obstacles that it helps overcome, and the applications to diverse fields.</p>
Applications of Decision-Aiding Software
β Scribed by Stuart S. Nagel (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 311
- Series
- Policy Studies Organization Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Choosing Among Alternative Facility Locations....Pages 3-8
Least Cost Utility Planning....Pages 9-36
Evaluating Juvenile Offender Programs....Pages 37-53
A Microcomputer Evaluation of a Communityβs Revolving Loan Fund....Pages 54-64
Front Matter....Pages 65-65
Decision Making for Ordinary People....Pages 67-81
Making Health Care Decisions....Pages 82-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Decision-aiding Software and Private Law Practice....Pages 95-103
Computer-aided Law Decisions....Pages 104-128
Computer-aided Mediation in Federal Court....Pages 129-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Policy/Goal Percentaging for Teaching....Pages 149-160
Combining Graphics and Algebraic Sensitivity Analysis....Pages 161-169
Decision-aiding Algorithms....Pages 170-190
Comparing Multi-criteria Decision-making Programs....Pages 191-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Policy Evaluation Methods for Developing Country Energy Issues....Pages 207-233
Hospital Location in Yugoslavia....Pages 234-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Decision Making in Nonprofit Human Service Agencies....Pages 253-269
Buying Players for a Baseball Team....Pages 270-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Computer-aided Media Strategies in Local Election Campaigns....Pages 279-293
Back Matter....Pages 294-304
β¦ Subjects
Theory of Computation; Political Science
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