Research Reports from the Department of Operations
This is a collection of research reports from the Weather School of Management's Department of Operations.
Submissions from 1975
Infinitely Divisible Non-Negative Matrices, Teunis J. Ott
On Convergence of a Sequence of Probability Measures on a Locally Compact Abelian Group to a Degenerate Limit, Teunis J. Ott
The Covariance Function of the Virtual Waiting-Time Process in an M/G/1 Queue, Teunis J. Ott
The M/G/1 Queue in Heavy Traffic and its Covariance Function, Teunis J. Ott
Transient Distributions of Some Processes Related to the Wiener Process with Drift, Teunis J. Ott
Progress Report Intensive Care for Neonates in Ohio, I, Teunis J. Ott and M. Anvari
Some Problems in Location Theory, Marcos J.A.P. Pacca
Some Faculty Evaluation Methods, John J. Rasmussen
Versions of the Bible: A Classification and a Selection Procedure, John J. Rasmussen
Determining and Responding to the Demand for Residential Products in Metropolitan Areas, Barry Marshall Richmond
Set Covering Algorithm and Computer Program USETCO Programmer's Manual, Harvey M. Salkin
Set Covering Algorithm and Computer Program USETCO User's Manual, Harvey M. Salkin
Aggregating Corporate Subsidiaries Under a Given Tax Structure, Harvey M. Salkin, Burton V. Dean, and Chien-Hua Lin
A Difficult Small Integer Program, Harvey M. Salkin and Susumu Morito
Integer Programming By Group Theory: Some Computational Results, Harvey M. Salkin and Susumu Morito
Forest City/University Hospitals Telemedicine System Project Evaluation: Progress Report II, F. J. Staub, D.W. Eastwood, W. Pittard, Edward A. Ernst, J. S. Gravenstein, Hamilton Emmons, Teunis J. Ott, Burton V. Dean, Arnold Reisman, P. Chou, Thomas George, Marylou Kiley, Pauline Crawford, Ronella Fields, Willie Callaham Lambright, Dennis L. Snyder, Charles S. Berry, and M. Sabio
Duality in Approximation and Conjugate Cones in Normed Linear Spaces, Vasant A. Ubhaya
Submissions from 1974
Minimal Spanning Trees with Ratio Criterion, R. Chandrasekaran
A Car Pooling Problem, R. Chandrasekaran and S. Subba Rao
Optimal Selection of Students for Awarding Financial Aid, R. Chandrasekaran and S. Subba Rao
A General Model for Measuring and Analyzing the Risk of Sustaining Clothing Burn Injuries, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Jerome Barancik, and Arnold Reisman
A Preliminary Total Cost Model For Primary Journals, Burton V. Dean
Cleveland Public Heath and Welfare Department Courier Service Operations, Burton V. Dean, John N. Barrer, and Krishnamurthy Nandakumar
A Systems Description of the CWRU Research Administration System, Burton V. Dean, R. Chandrasekaran, Leon S. Lasdon, S. Subba Rao, Michael Baum, Henry Adamany, Joel Brandon, Urban Landreman, Raghavendra N. Rao, and Daniel Schwee
A Market Analysis for the Cleveland Zoological Park, Hamilton Emmons, Burton V. Dean, Thomas S. Nunnikhoven, D.R. Rossiter, Raghavendra N. Rao, Cornelis A. De Kluyver, and B. Richmond
Forest City/University Hospitals Telemedicine System Project Evaluation: Progress Report I, Edward A. Ernst, Arnold Reisman, Teunis J. Ott, Marylou Kiley, Thomas George, P. Chou, Pauline Crawford, Dennis L. Snyder, Willie Callaham Lambright, Ronella Fields, Charles S. Berry, and Donald Brittenum
A Multinational Plant Capacity Expansion Planning Model, Emmanuel Constantine Kondylis
Pops A Program Oriented Planning System for Academic Health Centers, Kenneth Lee Kutina
A Survey of Large Scale Mathematical Programming, Leon S. Lasdon
Analysis of Feedback Models of Higher Education Degree Production, Alfred R. Michenzi
A Study of Presidents of Religious Institutions of Higher Learning in California, John J. Rasmussen and Burton V. Dean
Simulation of Surgical Anesthesia Team Configurations, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, J.S. Gravenstein, F. J. Staub, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Thomas George, C. Lin, and John J. Rasmussen
Economic Analysis Applied to the Practice of Dentistry, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Edward J. Green, Keki R. Dadachanji, Shailesh J. Mehta, and Susumu Morito
Computer Simulation of Scheduling in a Dental Practice Involving Expanded Duty Dental Auxiliaries, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Edward J. Green, Ronald Occhionero, Shailesh J. Mehta, Susumu Morito, and Keki R. Dadachanji
Economic and Management Considerations in the Practice of Team Dentistry, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Shailesh J. Mehta, Keki R. Dadachanji, Edward J. Green, Ronald Occhionero, and Susumu Morito
A Computer Based Information System for International Tax Planning, Arnold Reisman and Robert Reich
Anesthesiology Manpower Planning Study Phase III - Final Report, Arnold Reisman, F. J. Staub, Hamilton Emmons, Burton V. Dean, Cornelis A. De Kluyver, M. Lin, Thomas George, John J. Rasmussen, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, and J. S. Gravenstein
A Social System Measurement Model, Allan L. Service
Applications of Operations Research to A Check Processing System, Joseph A. Svestka
Submissions from 1973
Bimatrix Markovian Decision Processes and Stochastic Ratio Games, Vijaykumar V. Aggarwal
University Parking Demand Study, Michael Baum, Don Begley, Joel Brandon, Burton V. Dean, Clara Gulyas, Keith Kundo, Harsh Manglik, S. Subba Rao, Phyllus Selders, Ram Shankaran, and Laura Washington
A Counter Example in Location Theory, R. Chandrasekaran
Row Generalized Linear Programs, R. Chandrasekaran
Service Time Partitioning to Minimize Mean Flow Time, R. Chandrasekaran, Hamilton Emmons, and S. Subba Rao
A Decision Model of the Countdown Process, Burton V. Dean
Market Survey for the Cleveland Zoological Park, Burton V. Dean, Hamilton Emmons, and Keki R. Dadachanji
Cost Effectiveness Study of Two Experimental Programs at a Major Public Hospital, Burton V. Dean, Arnold Reisman, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, and C. Egyhazy
One Machine Sequencing to Minimize Mean Flow Time with Minimum Number Tardy, Hamilton Emmons
Improved Delivery of Library Materials: The Cleveland Experience, J.P. Herling, M.G. Fancher Beeler, Arnold Reisman, and Burton V. Dean
A National Planning Model for Higher Education, Vaughn E. Huckfeldt
Predicting Registered Nurse Labor Turnover, Marylou Kiley and S. Subba Rao
Nonlinear Optimization Using the Generalized Reduced Gradient Method, Leon S. Lasdon, Richard L. Fox, and Margery W. Ratner
Optimal Design of Acoustic Sonar Transducer Arrays, Leon S. Lasdon, Allan D. Waren, and Dan Suchman
Order-Preserving Allocation of Jobs to Two Machines, Shailesh J. Mehta, R. Chandrasekaran, and Hamilton Emmons
Some Results for Hyper-Exponential and Hyper-Poisson Queues, Shailesh J. Mehta and S. Subba Rao
S.I.M.O.N. : Stochastic Inventory Model of Newsboy, Ronald E. Mitchell, Jr.
GOCHURCH : A Simulation Model for Forecasting Church Growth, John J. Rasmussen
The Evaluation of Outputs of Health, Education and/or Welfare Programs in Local Agencies, Arnold Reisman
Simulation of Obstetrical Anesthesia Team Configurations, Arnold Reisman, W. Cull, Hamilton Emmons, Burton V. Dean, C. Lin, John J. Rasmussen, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Thomas George, and J. S. Gravenstein
Simulation of Obstetrical Anesthesia Team Configurations Managerial Report, Arnold Reisman, W. Cull, Hamilton Emmons, Burton V. Dean, C. Lin, John J. Rasmussen, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Thomas George, and J. S. Gravenstein
Strategies for Implementing Systems Studies, Arnold Reisman and Cornelis A. De Kluyver
Expanded Dental Practice Management: Economics and Scheduling - Progress Report I, Arnold Reisman, Hamilton Emmons, Ronald Occhionero, Edward J. Green, Susumu Morito, Shailesh J. Mehta, and Thomas S. Nunnikhoven
Survey of Obstetrical Anesthesiology Practices and Attitudes in Hospitals in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Arnold Reisman, John J. Rasmussen, W. Cull, Hamilton Emmons, Burton V. Dean, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Thomas George, Chien-Hua Lin, and J. S. Gravenstein
Obstetrical Anesthesia Manpower Planning Study Progress Report I, Arnold Reisman, C. Redderson, Burton V. Dean, Hamilton Emmons, J. S. Gravenstein, M. Stern, M. Lin, Shailesh J. Mehta, John J. Rasmussen, and K. Wright
New Tools for Decision Making, Arnold Reisman and Robert Reich
Anesthesiology Manpower Planning Study Phase III - Progress Report I, Arnold Reisman, F. J. Staub, Burton V. Dean, J.S. Gravenstein, Vijaykumar V. Aggarwal, Vasant B. Kaujalgi, and Cornelis A. De Kluyver
Integer programming : branch and bound enumeration (Land and Doig [17]), Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : dual all-integer integer programming (Gomory [5]), Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : dual fractional integer programming (Gomory [10]), Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : dual fractional mixed integer programming (Gomory [2]), Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : group theory in integer programming, Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : primal all-integer programming (Glover [6], Young [12]), Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : the fixed charge problem the plant location problem, Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : the knapsack problem (including : the capital budgeting problem the cutting stock problem), Harvey M. Salkin
Integer programming : the set covering problem the set partitioning problem, Harvey M. Salkin
Computational Experience with an Enumerative Algorithm for the Set Covering Problem with Base Constraints, Harvey M. Salkin and Chien-Hua Lin
All-Integer Integer Programming Algorithms Applied to Tableaux with Rational Coefficients, Harvey M. Salkin, Shailesh J. Mehta, and Pradip H. Shroff
A Measurement Model for Planning and Budgeting for the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, Allan L. Service and Arnold Reisman
Heavy Traffic Analysis for Discrete Time Queues, S. Subba Rao
Some Approximate Results for a Heavily Loaded Single Server Queue with Semi-Markovian Services, S. Subba Rao
Some Results for a Special Non-Stationary Markov Chain, S. Subba Rao
A Method for Screening Student Applications for Award of Financial Aid, S. Subba Rao and N. Mohan
The Complementarity Problem of Mathematical Programming, Arie Tamir
Optimal Flows in Networks with Positive Gains, Klaus Truemper
Submissions from 1972
Variance Relationships for Stochastic Changes of Common Discounted Cash Flow Formula, Ram Avtar, Arza K. Rao, and Arnold Reisman
Variance Relationships for Stochastic Changes of Discounted Cash Flow Formulae with Inflation as a Parameter, Ram Avtar, Arza K. Rao, and Arnold Reisman
A Multi-Library System Distribution Network Design, M.G. Fancher Beeler, J.P. Herling, Arnold Reisman, and Burton V. Dean
Analysis of the Reserve Book System at the Health Center Library, Keki R. Dadachanji, Phiroz P. Darukhanavala, Shailesh J. Mehta, and Pradip H. Shroff
Some Mathematical Models of the Housing Process, Andrew Frank Daughety
An Approach to the Plant Capacity Expansion Problem by the Delphi Method and a Criterion Function: A Case Study, Burton V. Dean and Arnold Reisman
Analysis and Forecasting of Anesthesia Manpower in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, J. S. Gravenstein, Augustine O. Esogbue, Arnold Reisman, Burton V. Dean, Vijaykumar V. Aggarwal, Vasant B. Kaujalgi, and Peter M. Lewy
Results on Matroids, Blocking Systems and Convex Sets, Bradley Hull
Opportunity, Value Theory and the Measurement of Depreciation, Income, Goodwill and Worth, Miles Hartley Kennedy
A Design Methodology for Automated Inspection, Donald Henrik Kylin
A Social Service Measurement Model, Samuel J. Mantel, Jr.; Allan L. Service; Arnold Reisman; Raymond A. Koleski; Arthur Blum; Robert Reich; Burton V. Dean; Miriam Jaffee; Howard Reiger; Richard Ronis; and Judah Rubenstein
Synthesis of a Crude Oil Supply System: a Non-Convex Network Problem, Samuel Jackson Mathis
Use of a Decision Box/Pert Network for Predicting Probabilities and Time Durations, Edward M. Norin
Inventory Cost Parameters, Muhittin Oral
Evaluation of Shortage Costs - Part I An Objective Function and Queueing Theoretic Approach, Muhittin Oral and S. Subba Rao
Evaluation of Shortage Costs - Part II: Loss of Goodwill - Application of Semi-Markov Processes, Muhittin Oral and S. Subba Rao