Quantitative Planning and Control: Essays in Honor of William Wager Cooper on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

by Yuji Ijiri (Editor), Andrew B. Whinston (Editor)

Overview

Quantitative Planning and Control: Essays in Honor of William Wager Cooper on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday features a collection of papers prepared by students and associates of William Wager Cooper to honor him on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. The book centers on the theme of Quantitative Planning and Control, the theme to which much of Professor Cooper's research effort has been devoted. The theme covers diverse fields of inquiry as reflected in the articles in this book, which are organized in four parts: (1) mathematical programming and decision models; (2) economic development and firm growth; (3) manpower planning and design; and (4) accounting and control. At the core of all of the articles in this book lies a belief that analytical approaches can help solve all managerial problems, a philosophy that is deeply rooted in Professor Cooper's thinking. This book demonstrates how this fundamental view on management can be reflected in dealing with problems in various fields of management. In particular, the book focuses on three main areas of application of this view, economic development, manpower planning, and accounting and control, along with the subject of developing tools that are necessary for solving managerial problems analytically.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483259369
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	06/28/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	376
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

List of ContributorsPrefaceA Yankee from ChicagoAdventures in InventionThe Great TeacherPart I Mathematical Programming and Decision Models 1. Gradient States for Some Dualities with the C2 Extremal Principle Introduction 1. The C2 Extremal Principle 2. Gradient Characterization of Some Convex Function Infima 3. Conclusions References 2. Branch and Round: An Enumerative Algorithm for Integer Programs 1. Introduction and Summary 2. The Rudimentary Branch and Round Algorithm 3. The Linear Programming Problem 4. Multiple Optimal Solutions for the Linear Programming Problem 5. A Variation of the Rudimentary Algorithm: Cuts, Sequential Branching, and Partitioning 6. Comments References 3. A Minimax Procedure for a Class of Stochastic Programs 1. Some Preliminary Results 2. Two-Stage Stochastic Programming 3. Simple Recourse Model with Nonlinear Penalty Functions 4. An Illustrative Example References 4. A Linguistic Model for 3-D Constructions 1. Introduction 2. Overview and Initial Definitions 3. Primitives 4. Reference Points and P-Functions 5. Transforming Functions 6. Sculpting Functions 7. Composition Operators 8. Iterations 9. Concluding Remarks References 5. Decision-Making with Multiple Objectives—Some Analytic Approaches Introduction 1. A Myth of Management Decision-Making 2. The Decision Framework 3. Explicitly Defined Constraints 4. Choosing the Best of a Set of Alternatives 5. Conclusion ReferencesPart II Economic and Firm Growth 6. Economic Development on a Distant Planet References 7. A Linear Programming Approach to Agricultural Land Use Policy in India 1. Introduction 2. Formulation of the Problem 3. Extensions 4. Computational Results References 8. Time Preference, Firm Growth, and Programming Models Introduction 1. A Simple One Period Model 2. Growth of the Firm 3. Summary References 9. Inflation and the Capital Budgeting Decision 1. Introduction 2. Some Basic Relations 3. The Effects of Inflation on Demand 4. The Rate of Interest 5. The Effects of Inflation on Costs 6. Some Other Effects of Inflation on the Capital Budgeting Decision 7. Conclusions Appendix ReferencesPart III Manpower Planning and Design 10. A Network Transshipment Model for Manpower Planning and Design 1. Introduction 2. The Model 3. An Example 4. Dual Variable Analysis 5. Effectiveness versus Cost Tradeoff Analysis 6. Career Analysis 7. Conclusions References 11. A Study of Alternative Relaxation Approaches for a Manpower Planning Problem 1. Introduction 2. Problem Relaxation 3. Relaxations and Primal Strategies 4. Alternative Strategies Tested 5. Conclusions References 12. A Demographic Turnpike for Long-Range Manpower Planning in Developing Economies 1. Introduction 2. Definition of Labor Demand and Supply 3. Model Development 4. A Closed Demographic Turnpike 5. An Open Demographic Turnpike 6. Planning Policy Implementations References 13. Aspects of Control for the Organization Design and Manpower Planning Functions 1. Introduction 2. Monitoring Organizational Change in Terms of the Manpower Planning Function 3. Indices of Change in Manpower Systems 4. Numerical Example 5. Conclusion References 14. Manpower Goals Planning and Accountability 1.