A Language for Policy-Level Modelling
作者:
GuptaShiv K.,
RichardsLaurence D.,
期刊:
Journal of the Operational Research Society
(Taylor Available online 1979)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 4
页码: 297-308
ISSN:0160-5682
年代: 1979
DOI:10.1057/jors.1979.69
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
AbstractDespite a history of successful applications to operational-level problems, the vale of OR/MS modelling techniques as aids in policy/strategy formulation has not been widely demonstrated. In this paper, we suggest that the language of traditional OR/MS model structures is too restrictive to deal with issues typically confronted in policy-making. Differences between operational-level decision-making processes and policy/strategy formulation processes are discussed; alternative model structures are described and classified; and a modelling language for addressing issues of policy and strategy is proposed. The language is presented in set-theoretic terms, and the resulting structure implies that certain model classes accommodate policy-level management needs better than others. Furthermore, policy-level models must serve a role distinct from the prediction and optimization role typically served by operational-level models.
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