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Peer reviewedRouse, William B. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Discusses the purpose of mathematical models and reviews the phases of the modeling process--defining performance, representing the problem, predicting performance, estimating parameters, defining optimization criterion, determining solution, and implementing results. Reviews of book-use, resource allocation, and library network models are…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Networks, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedMacDougall, A. F.; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1990
Discussion of operational effectiveness in libraries focuses on a modeling approach that was used to compare the effectiveness of a local interlibrary loan system with using a national system, the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC). Cost figures and surveys of five academic libraries are described. (six references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Discusses the design of a model-based management information system in terms of mathematical/statistical, information processing, and human factors issues and presents a prototype system for interlibrary loan networks. (Author/CWM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Human Resources, Information Processing
