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Numerical Solution of the Problem of Optimum Distribution of Effort

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  • William Miehle

    (Research Center, Burroughs Corporation, Paoli, Pennsylvania)

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This paper is an extension of previously published work by Bernard O. Koopman to the general case of any number of tasks and any effect function. A systematic method for the numerical calculation of the maximum effect and its corresponding optimum distribution is presented in a form which is also suitable for solution on an automatic digital computer. For the special case of additive returns which saturate, a special graphical or numerical method for any number of tasks is presented with an example worked out in detail. A similar method for multiplicative effects is sketched. Operations Research , ISSN 0030-364X, was published as Journal of the Operations Research Society of America from 1952 to 1955 under ISSN 0096-3984.

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  • William Miehle, 1954. "Numerical Solution of the Problem of Optimum Distribution of Effort," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 2(4), pages 433-440, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:2:y:1954:i:4:p:433-440
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.2.4.433
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