Forest management: a multicommodity flow formulation and sensitivity analysis
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The Forest Management Problem is modelled as a Multicommodity Network Flow Problem with a convex cost function. The study focuses on the aspect of forest management which calls for decisions to be made on the time and the manner of cutting trees, the time and manner of planting them, and the amount of care given to existing parks of trees. The forest management model presently analyzed involves the determination of how much trees of each species are to be planted or cut annually over a given horizon for any given forest. The Multicommodity Network Flow Problem is transformed into an equivalent Single-Commodity Network Flow model to investigate a number of sensitivity analysis issues. The proposed solutions can be of use to forest managers in coping with environmental changes, such as price fluctuations or fires, without the need for more computations.
Publication Name: Management Science
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1909
Year: 1995
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Professional service organizations and focus
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The concept of focus as it applies in professional service organizations refers to the differentiation and selection of market segments and the modification of the service delivery system's process and infrastructure parameters to satisfy the requirements of particular market segments. A framework that can be employed by operations managers in focusing decision making in professional services is developed. It has empirical support from health care industry data, including industry statistics, case studies and questionnaire surveys. Aside from introducing such a framework, the study seeks to generate deeper insights into the concept of focus in the context of the health care sector and to provide a base that would facilitate generalizations about microfocusing decisions in the professional services industry.
Publication Name: Management Science
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0025-1909
Year: 1995
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