Complex Societal Problems in Operational Research

DeTombe, Dorien

doi:10.1016/s0377-2217(02)00066-8

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“…Our framework builds on other research processes that the extant literature discusses (e.g., DeTombe, 2002;Van Wassenhove & Pedraza Martinez, 2012) yet departs in several important ways. First, although the research processes put forth thus far are generalizable because one can apply them any research context, they fail to holistically explain the pitfalls and challenges unique to HOM research.…”

Section: Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Through the course of research, however, we discovered that this initial research schema, while beneficial when conducting research in traditional operations contexts, is too myopic and structured for humanitarian operations research. Specifically, traditional research efforts are more systematic and linear (e.g., describe problem/phenomena, apply theories, and develop hypotheses and model) (DeTombe, 2002) in contrast to ICT4D research. Consequently, to successfully navigate the iterative ICT4D research process, scholars slowly transform their cognitive schemas until they eventually reach a "new" or modified research schema that better suits research in the developing world (see right-hand side of Figure 2).…”

Section: Ict4d Research Processmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Tutorial on Empirical ICT4D Research in Developing Countries: Processes, Challenges, and Lessons

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Adjerid²,

Angst³

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Section: Ict4d Research Processmentioning

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A Tutorial on Empirical ICT4D Research in Developing Countries: Processes, Challenges, and Lessons

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Adjerid²,

Angst³

et al. 2016

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“…Such procedures would be particularly welcome. However some very interesting approaches have been proposed by the team of professor Rotmans (Rotmans and de Vries 1997;Rotmans and van Asselt 1999) and by the EURO working group on "World Societal Problems" (DeTombe 2001(DeTombe ,2002. In addition to this a particular procedure, combining multicriteria decision aid and system dynamics to control the evolution of socio-economic processes in real-time has been proposed by Brans et al (1998).…”

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Ethics in OR/MS: Past, present and future

Brans

Gallo

2004

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The pervasiveness and impact on society and on every day human life\ud\ud of technology has led to a growing awareness that science and technology cannot\ud\ud be considered above or beyond the realm of value judgements and hence of ethics.\ud\ud This is especially true for Operations Research / Management Science (OR/MS),\ud\ud that particular science which is concerned with methodologies for scientifically deciding\ud\ud how to design and operate man-machine systems in an optimal way, usually\ud\ud under conditions requiring the allocation of scarce resources. Here we try to give a\ud\ud historical account of the growing interest for ethics within the OR/MS community\ud\ud from its birth to present days. Starting from attempts to define models and codes\ud\ud of ethical behaviour in our profession, the OR/MS community has arrived at more\ud\ud fundamental questions about the ethical responsibility it faces in aworld of growing\ud\ud inequalities and in which the ever greater stress that human activities impose on\ud\ud the environment puts at risk the very survival of human kind

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“…It is worth noting, however, that the use of classification models is not without limitations, namely if one considers that subjectivity is omnipresent in the decision making framework (DeTombe 2002;Bana e Costa, Oliveira 2002;Ferreira 2016). In light of this reasoning, we propose a constructivist approach to the problem, based on the integrated use of cognitive mapping techniques with the Measuring Attractiveness by Categorical Based Evaluation Technique (MACBETH).…”

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Classifying Residential Real Estate Based on Their Exposure to Crime: a Research Agenda

Marques

Ferreira

Meidutė‐Kavaliauskienė

2017

Proceedings of 5th International Scientific Conference Contemporary Issues in Business, Management and Education ‘2017

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Abstract. Criminality and sense of security in residential areas are always present in the mind of citizens, and directly affect the work of police authorities, real estate agents and society at large. This study proposes the development of a multiple criteria model for the classification of residential areas based on their exposure to crime. By combining cognitive mapping with the Measuring Attractiveness by a Categorical Based Evaluation Technique (MACBETH), we also aim to increase transparency in the classification process of residential real estate, allowing improvement initiatives to be applied and crime rates to be reduced. The major difference between our proposal and the extant literature is the fact that the information collected from criminal, urbanism and real estate experts, who deal with crime adversities on a daily basis, will be analyzed and discussed during presential group meetings, allowing realism to be incorporated into the evaluation mechanism. The current proposal is a research agenda, and results will not yet be presented.

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Complex Societal Problems in Operational Research

Cited by 37 publications

References 3 publications

A Tutorial on Empirical ICT4D Research in Developing Countries: Processes, Challenges, and Lessons

A Tutorial on Empirical ICT4D Research in Developing Countries: Processes, Challenges, and Lessons

Ethics in OR/MS: Past, present and future

Classifying Residential Real Estate Based on Their Exposure to Crime: a Research Agenda

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