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Public Systems Modeling

Methods for Identifying and Evaluating Alternative Plans and Policies

  • Is open access and introduces the use of various modeling tools for public policy analyses

  • Written for students and public decision makers

  • Applies deterministic and probabilistic models to various public sector planning and management issues

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Part of the book series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (ISOR, volume 318)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Analyzing Public Policy Decisions

    • Daniel P. Loucks
    Pages 1-11Open Access
  3. Public Sector Systems

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    Pages 13-30Open Access
  4. Creating Models

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    Pages 31-42Open Access
  5. Modeling Examples and Solutions

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    Pages 43-50Open Access
  6. Models for Managing Money

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    Pages 51-63Open Access
  7. Solving Models Using Excel

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    Pages 65-74Open Access
  8. Discrete Optimization Modeling

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    Pages 75-88Open Access
  9. Linear Optimization Modeling

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    Pages 89-109Open Access
  10. Some Linearization Methods

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    Pages 111-120Open Access
  11. Solving Models Using Calculus

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    Pages 121-133Open Access
  12. Lagrangian Models

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    Pages 135-141Open Access
  13. Dealing with Uncertainty

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    Pages 143-161Open Access
  14. Modeling Stochastic Processes

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    Pages 163-176Open Access
  15. Chance Constrained and Monte Carlo Modeling

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    Pages 177-185Open Access
  16. Simulation Modeling

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    Pages 187-205Open Access
  17. Multi-criteria Analyses

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    Pages 207-222Open Access
  18. Fuzzy Optimization

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    Pages 223-235Open Access
  19. Conclusion

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    Pages 237-240Open Access
  20. Back Matter

    Pages 241-328

About this book

This is an open access book discusses readers to various methods of modeling plans and policies that address public sector issues and problems. Written for public policy and social sciences students at the upper undergraduate and graduate level, as well as public sector decision-makers, it demonstrates and compares the development and use of various deterministic and probabilistic optimization and simulation modeling methods for analyzing planning and management issues. These modeling tools offer a means of identifying and evaluating alternative plans and policies based on their physical, economic, environmental, and social impacts. Learning how to develop and use the mathematical modeling tools introduced in this book will give students useful skills when in positions of having to make informed public policy recommendations or decisions.

Keywords

  • Public systems planning
  • Public management
  • Operations research
  • Models for policy analyses
  • Public evaluation
  • Policy Analysis
  • Public policy analysis
  • Linear Optimization Modeling
  • Discrete Optimization Modeling
  • Lagrangian Models
  • Simulation Modeling
  • Open Access

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and School of Public Policy, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

    Daniel P. Loucks

About the author

Daniel P. Loucks is an emeritus professor on the faculty of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (USA). He continues to conduct research in the development and application of economics, ecology, and systems analysis methods to the solution of environmental and regional planning problems.  He teaches a graduate course in systems planning and management at the Technical University of Vienna, Austria, and in the Cornell’s School of Public Policy.  In the past, he has held positions in over 10 other universities and research institutes in Australia, Europe, and North America, and in various US and UN agencies, NATO, and the World Bank.  He has consulted on development projects in Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe. He is a fellow of American Geophysical Union, a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineering, and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering.  

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Softcover Book USD 49.99
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