Operations Research in Agriculture and Water Resources : Proceedings of the ORAGWA international conference held in Jerusalem, November 25-29, 1979 /

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; North-Holland Pub. Co. ; New York : sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland, 1980.Description: xviii, 586 pISBN:

0444860444 (Elsevier NorthHolland)

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DDC classification:

630.72 OPE

LOC classification:

S494.5.O63 O63

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	630.72 OPE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31008100119359

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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