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Harper, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Advertising, 1978
Presents a mathematical model for simulating a newspaper financial system. Includes the effects of advertising and circulation for predicting advertising linage as a function of population, income, and advertising rate. (RL)
Descriptors: Advertising, Budgeting, Journalism, Management Information Systems

Higgins, J. C. – Long Range Planning, 1974
The author discusses some approaches to assessing the impact of inaccurate information when the planning system involves formulae of the management accounting type or models of the operational research variety. The most appropriate method for quantifying information value in management information systems is through Bayesian analysis and decision…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Computer Oriented Programs, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Creager, John A. – 1972
As the first of two papers delineating the design of Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE), these specific dimensions of MISOE structure and function are considered: (1) the distinction between economic and noneconomic analysis, (2) distinctions among census, sample, and other data, (3) the distinction…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Design Preferences, Economic Research, Educational Planning
Young, Robert C.; And Others – 1973
The purpose of the paper is to define for potential users of vocational education management information systems a quantitative analysis technique and its utilization to facilitate more effective planning of vocational education programs. Defining linear programming (LP) as a management technique used to solve complex resource allocation problems…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Linear Programing, Management Development
Tiedeman, David V. – 1972
Massachusetts' Management and Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) arrays data for its dynamic simulation model, which decides educational and instructional policies at the state, school district, and classroom levels, according to this formula: Inputs/Process/Product/Impact. In this monograph linear programed models are…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Design Preferences, Economic Research