SUB-OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Abstract

The importance of criteria, identifying ends or utility functions, in operations research is discussed. Criteria selection is examined from the viewpoint of suboptimization. The process of choosing among a relatively narrow list of resource allocations by an administrative level other than the highest.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 1953
Accession Number
AD0604211

Entities

People

  • Roland N. Mckean

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Budgets
  • Commerce
  • Consumers
  • Corporations
  • Economics
  • Efficiency
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Hard Copy
  • Market Economy
  • Military Operations
  • Motorcycles
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Steam Engines
  • Transportation

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