Community-Based Operations Research

1. Community-Based Operations Research: Introduction, Theory, and Applications
Michael P. Johnson

2. “Community-Based Operations Research”
Michael P. Johnson, Karen Smilowitz

3. Operations Management in Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations
Natalie A. Privett

4. Modeling Equity for Allocating Public Resources
Philip D. Leclerc, Laura A. McLay, Maria E. Mayorga

5. Spatial Optimization and Geographic Uncertainty: Implications for Sex Offender Management Strategies
Alan T. Murray, Tony H. Grubesic

6. Locating Neighborhood Parks with a Lexicographic Multiobjective Optimization Method
Jorge A. Sefair, Adriana Molano, Andrés L. Medaglia, Olga L. Sarmiento

7. Using GIS-Based Models to Protect Children from Lead Exposure
Douglas Hastings, Marie Lynn Miranda

8. A Model for Hair Care Flow in Salons in the Black Community
Farmer L. Lee Stenson

9. Street Gangs: A Modeling Approach to Evaluating “At-Risk” Youth and Communities
B. Jacob Loeffelholz, Richard F. Deckro, Shane A. Knighton

10. Fair Fare Policies: Pricing Policies that Benefit Transit-Dependent Riders
Kendra C. Taylor, Erick C. Jones

11. Decision Making for Emergency Medical Services
Hari K. Rajagopalan, Cem Saydam, Hubert Setzler, Elisabeth Sharer

12. Capacity Planning for Publicly Funded Community Based Long-Term Care Services
Feng Lin, Nan Kong, Mark Lawley

13. A DEA Application Measuring Educational Costs and Efficiency of Illinois Elementary Schools
Jaye Samantha Flavin, Ryan Murphy, John Ruggiero

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Financial Economics, Operations Research, Management Science, Social Policy