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Saracevic, Tefko; And Others – 1968
The Comparative Systems Laboratory (CSL) proposed to deal with the problem of testing retrieval systems by examining a number of processes involved in such systems, with particular attention to the human factor. It is hoped that the results of the project will be useful in refining methodologies for experimentation with information retrieval (IR)…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Input Output Analysis, Operations Research
Download full textNational Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, Richmond, IN. – 1966
The 1966 report of the National Standards Committee summarizes the results of the 1965 questionnaire from 89 institutions of higher education which are listed by name. Tabulations and graphs of data are given in the areas of the cost of administration of the plant operation, janitorial services, utilities, grounds, labor, traffic and security.…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Finance, Employees, Expenditures
Urbach, Peter; And Others – 1968
The Committee was established in September 1967 to study and make recommendations on Recommendation XXIX and XXX of the Report of the President's Commission on the Patent System. Based on interviews with Patent Office officials, patent examiners and classifiers and a review of Patent Office studies and documents, the Committee concluded that the…
Descriptors: Administration, Classification, Cooperative Programs, Documentation
Morse, Philip M. – 1968
Addressed to both librarians and systems analysts, this book attempts to apply the analytic methods of operations research and systems analysis to the operating problems of the library. The first part of the book discusses theoretical models with emphasis on the pattern of book use, on its change with time and on the problem of estimating and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Services
Judy, Richard W.; And Others – 1968
In illustrating how systems analysis can aid university planning, a report is presented of the early results of the application of systems analysis to problems of planning in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Analysis is reported of various alternative policies concerning enrollment, curriculum, involvement of teaching, hospitals,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Critical Path Method, Educational Planning, Input Output Analysis
Westerman, Mel – 1985
The greater organizational complexity of libraries and information centers in recent years has given rise to more complex problems for managers. To facilitate solutions, operations research (OR) techniques have been developed that consider the quantitative dimensions of problems along with their political and organizational aspects. Eight standard…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Information Centers, Library Administration, Management Systems
Platts, C. V.; Wyant, T. G. – Educ Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Case, C. Marston; Clark, Stephen C. – 1967
This bibliography lists 155 books, articles, monographs, and other studies on operations analysis in education. The criteria for inclusion are that the study be quantitative and analytical and use techniques of operations research, systems analysis, management science, program planning and budgeting, benefit analysis, cost analysis, benefit-cost…
Descriptors: Administration, Bibliographies, Computer Science, Cost Effectiveness
Trenton Public Schools, NJ. – 1971
This report, a clear statement of how one district developed a planning system, offers both a theoretical and a practical approach to providing the superintendent, his staff, and the board of education with a comprehensive planning system instrument for making policy decisions and allocating resources. Also provided are guidelines for involving…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Programs, Models
Peer reviewedJournal of Educational Research, 1972
Article describes a systems analysis model for large educational enterprises, which prominently employs instructional objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Input Output Analysis
Peer reviewedPeterson, Marvin W. – Journal of Higher Education, 1971
Implications of the introduction of Program-Planning-Budgeting Systems managerial techniques into the college or university. (IR)
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Faculty, Higher Education
Laasonen, Raimo – 1991
This report details a study performed as an interplay between modeling and reality which was designed to find operators that affect the information organizer of an individual in a social system. The operator is defined as a system element that affects other elements. The information organizer is defined as a coordinating interface between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Management, Information Theory, Models
BOHNERT, LEA M. – 1967
A RETRIEVAL MODEL WAS DEVELOPED FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH PURPOSES ON THE BASIS OF VARIED WORK EXPERIENCE AND ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL AND LIBRARY SERVICES. THE MODEL IS BASED ON SHANNON'S COMMUNICATION MODEL BUT IDENTIFIES THE WOULD BE READER, OR DESTINATION OF RECORDED MESSAGES, AS THE ACTIVATOR OF RETRIEVAL SERVICES. TWO MAIN…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Indexing, Information Processing, Information Retrieval
Wager, Jane C.; Rayner, Gail T. – 1979
Thirty personnel involved in various stages of the Training Extension Course (TEC) design, development, and distribution process were interviewed by telephone to determine the major problems perceived within each stage of the program, which provides validated extension training wherever U.S. soldiers are stationed. Those interviewed included TEC…
Descriptors: Administrators, Contracts, Educational Programs, Extension Education
Moriarty, Dick; Zarebski, John – 1978
This paper delineates the exact methodology developed by the Sports Institute for Research/Change Agent Research (SIR/CAR) for applying a systems analysis technique to a voluntary mutual benefit organization, such as a school or amateur athletic group. The functions of the technique are to compare avowed and actual behavior, to utilize group…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, Athletics, Foreign Countries
