Operations Research Applied to Libraries.

Nussbaum, Harvey

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Publication Date: 1968

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Operations Research Applied to Libraries.

Nussbaum, Harvey

This report discusses the seven basic types of problems found in business and industry as they apply to library institutions. These seven basic types are: (1) inventory problems, (2) allocation problems, (3) queueing problems, (4) sequencing problems, (5) routing problems, (6) replacement problems and (7) search problems. (MF)

Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Facility Inventory, Facility Utilization Research, Library Planning, Operations Research, Resource Allocation, Systems Analysis

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Authoring Institution: Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Dept. of Library Science.

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