TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yaron,Dan
AU  - Tapiero,Charles S.
TI  - Operations Research in Agriculture and Water Resources: Proceedings of the ORAGWA international conference held in Jerusalem, November 25-29, 1979 
SN  - 0444860444 (Elsevier NorthHolland)
AV  - S494.5.O63 O63
U1  - 630.72 
PY  - 1980///
CY  - Amsterdam, New York
PB  - North-Holland Pub. Co., sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Operations research
KW  - Agriculture - economic aspects
KW  - Water-supply, Agricultural
KW  - Water Resources Development
N1  - Includes bibliographies and index
N2  - The book examines: Agriculture: Planning, Development and Management; and Water Resources and Irrigation.
Issues focused include applications of a number of popular O.R. techniques (mathematical modelling; linear,  non-linear, dynamic programming) which are described in the analysis of these inherently  complex systems, which need to be viewed in the strictest sense as being 'soft' (Check?  land) or 'badly-defined'.  It is the realisation of this fact which makes planning and  management essential, and would seem to offer plenty of opportunity for O.R. workers.
A recurrent theme within the text is the need for the analyst to optimise the objective function while at the same time maintain the quality of the environment. This notion is in keeping with the guidelines advocated by Burke and Heaney Who,  within the context of water resource systems planning, indicated the need to change from  the normative engineering and economic approach to a behavioural one involving  theories of social action. Explicitly assuming the social system to be the medium through  which provision can be made for individual and collective water (resource) needs
ER  -