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AbstractIn the process of planning education services it is essential to have a means of projecting the financial consequences of both current policy and potential new policies. This paper describes some of the financial models covering local authority recurrent and capital expenditure developed by the Department of Education and Science to assist in this planning process. It explains the underlying rationale behind the models, some of the equations used and the performance of the modelling systems in practice.

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.161

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

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AbstractECGD's OR group has built a financial model to forecast accounts and performance indicators. This meets the need for soundly based financial planning, and its output is considered at the highest levels of the organization. The model enables senior management to evaluate the consequences of different courses of action against the background of varying world economic scenarios. Using a financial planning package has made for quick and efficient development of the model, which has been modified continually over the last 10 years. A flexible, adaptive approach has maintained the relevance of OR's contribution. The model forecasts the financial variables which underpin ECGD's quarterly financial review and annual business plan. The Department's Financial Policy and Planning Division uses the model extensively in its preparation of these documents and to explore feasible policies through‘what-if’analyses. Organizational changes, increasing delegation, and the introduction of strategic planning will require further adaptation of the model allowing access to a wider range of end-users.

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.162

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

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AbstractThis paper describes some work carried out in the Scientific Research and Development Branch (SRDB) of the Home Office, intended to contribute to an overall aim of building up internal expertise in the field of expert systems. This was done by carrying out a number of pilot and demonstrator projects, two of which are described in some detail. The plan, which proved successful, was to build as far as possible on the relevant skills already possessed by an OR group in the branch. The lessons learned from these are summarized in the hope that they will be of use to other groups who wish to become involved in this important area.

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.163

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

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AbstractThis paper describes a study which was carried out for Home Office Prison Department. The problem under review was that of providing cost-effective Perimeter Security for Prisons. This involved identifying performance measures for prison perimeters. First performance and cost measures had to be found for individual elements of a perimeter (for example, walls, cameras). Next, a mathematical formulation was developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of perimeter cross-sections as a whole. The mathematical model has formed the basis of a computer model. This paper describes the development and use of the computer model and outlines areas of development for the future.

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.164

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

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AbstractThe Department of the Environment/Department of Transport (DOE/DTp) OR group uses flow diagrams to analyse legislation. Taking the bus deregulation sections of the 1985 Transport Act as the main example, this paper shows how a complex course of action prescribed in legal language may be simply represented by a series of yes/no questions. Traffic Area staff who implement the legislation have the diagrams as working guidelines to resolve their own, potentially conflicting, interpretations.

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.165

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.166

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.167

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.168

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor

ISSN:0160-5682    

DOI:10.1057/jors.1987.169

出版商:Taylor&Francis    

年代:1987

数据来源: Taylor