PPT-Operational Research (O.R.) case studies

Whats the problem wwwLearnAboutORcom You are the driver of a snowplough There has been a heavy snowfall overnight You want to clear the roads in the town centre as quickly as possible. Forrest Stegelin. Agricultural and Applied Economics. University of Georgia. Concrete. Formal. Students require objects, events, or actions for logical reasoning. . Conservation,. class inclusion, ordering, and reversibility are characteristic reasoning patterns.. What’s the problem?. www.LearnAboutOR.com. www.LearnAboutOR.com. You are a . shop manager…. . You are opening a new branch and need to employ staff. You want to keep your labour costs as low as possible. Case studies of brain damaged patients, Including HM. Case Studies. Case studies of brain damaged patients, Including HM. Recap HM. Explain how the research contributes . to . our understanding . of memory. Presentation and justification of a research question of your choice (Introduction).. A thorough literature review of studies relevant to your research question.. A presentation of a theory to answer your research question and a corresponding set of hypotheses about the causal relationships among a set of concepts identified in your theory.. What’s the problem?. www.LearnAboutOR.com. www.LearnAboutOR.com. You are a property developer…. You . are renovating a house. There . are various tasks that this involves. Which . will each take a different time to complete. Case studies of brain damaged patients, Including HM. Case studies of brain damaged patients, Including HM. Recap HM. Explain how the research contributes . to . our understanding . of memory. .. Recap Clive Wearing. What is Impact?. “an . effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, . beyond . academia. ”. What is Impact?. Multi-dimensional . In-depth Long-term Case . studies (MILCs). (. BELIV 2006 at . AVI Conference). http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1168158. Ben Shneiderman & . Catherine Plaisant. University of Maryland. Dana . Brechwald. , Earthquake and Hazards Specialist. Lifeline Committee Meeting. January 31, 2013. Objectives for Our Study. Goal. . Understand . performance of infrastructure systems serving airports to better understand performance of airports and to make actionable recommendations to improve airport performance. Research designs. Empirical circle. Research designs: . 4 . elements. Randomization. Comparison. Before . vs. . after. Prospective . vs. . retrospective. Randomized controlled study. Controlled before-after study. Dr. Eleanour Snow. University of South Florida. & University of Texas (adjunct). What is a Case Study?. Presents an open ended question. Is posed as a real problem, although it may be made up. Builds over the course of several assignments. Identify a research article. . Differentiate between a research article and lit review. Know the differences between research categories and data collection methods. Define elements involved in a . Basic and Applied Research. Notes:. The question asked is either “basic” or “applied”. “Try again…” NEVER with the same data set . *data mining*. Literature review is ESSENTIAL. It’s the “educated” piece of an “educated guess”. Dr. Mark W. Young. Senior Health Specialist. Policy and Evidence. UNICEF, New York. CCM - Opportunities. Revival of the Child Survival agenda and revitalization of PHC – . “the community as part of the health system”.