Operations Research for Libraries and Information Agencies: Techniques for the Evaluation of Management Decision Alternatives
Author:   Donald H. Kraft ,  Bert R. Boyce ,  Harold Borko ,  Elaine Svenonius
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Volume:   91
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Pages:   208
Publication Date:   28 June 1991
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Author:   Donald H. Kraft ,  Bert R. Boyce ,  Harold Borko ,  Elaine Svenonius
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Volume:   91
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.478kg
ISBN:  

9780124245204


ISBN 10:   012424520
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   28 June 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Why Operations Research? The Systems Approach: Rational, Systematic, Objective Approaches to Problem Solving. Overview of Library Operations Research. Problem-Solving Techniques: Decision Theory. Resource Allocation. Graph Theory and Library Networks. Queueing Theory. Stochastic Processes and Library Models. W.G. Rudd and B.R. Boyce, Modeling and Simulation. Library Implementation: Library Management Information Systems. Bibliography. Appendix. Index.

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Donald Kraft is professor at LSU and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is a fellow of IEEE and AAAS and editor of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology He received the Research Award, Watson Davis Award, and shared the Annual Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T and the LSU Distinguished Faculty award. Bert Boyce has been an Information System Research Analyst, for the Information Systems Office, at the Library of Congress, a faculty member and acting Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, and Dean of the School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, where he is now Professor and Dean Emeritus. He is currently Editor of the Academic Press Library and Information Science Series. He received the ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award in 1989, and has shared the Annual Information Science Book Award from ASIS&T.

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