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Al-Ameen, H A (2012) Antitrust: the person-centred approach, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Swansea University.
Beynon, K S (2005) Dispute resolution and access to justice, with particular reference to the construction industry in the United Kingdom, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Law, Swansea University.
Dubey, K K (2001) A framework for analysing quality in the US homebuilding industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, (?)Glamorgan Business School, Swansea University.
Farran, H H (1993) A study of the implementation and impact of turn-key management contracts in hospitals in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Swansea University.
Hamour, O A A R (1978) Project selection and planning in developing countries, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Swansea University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: developing countries; forecasting; programming; Sudan; experiment; linear programming
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637213
- Abstract:
Any consideration of planning in developing countries reveals discrepancies between plans and achievements. A study of the history of planning in Sudan has shown specific discrepancies and it has also been possible to determine the causes of these discrepancies and demonstrate that the planning methods used did not discourage these causes. The thesis argues that the three stages of planning process (forecasting, analysis and the formulation of an operational plan) should be separated and a suitable technique should be used in each stage. On the assumption that the forecasting and analytical stages have been done, that linear programming could be a highly suitable technique for the formulation stage. This thesis, therefore, concerns itself with the development of a linear programming approach to the formulation stage and with the testing of the suitability of this approach. Comments on other techniques for use at this stage are mentioned but those techniques were not tested by the author. The particular linear programming approach adopted is to adopt projects as the basic building blocks of the operational plan. Projects are related to resources and timed in relation to one another. It is argued that the objective function of the model should be the relaxation of these constraints which may limit growth in the future. Objectives that have been listed in previous plans are related to the objective function of the model. The model takes account of externalities and the planner's ranking of the importance of resources by tabling solutions derived from L.P.'s using coefficients which express planners' preferences. The solutions are used to seek a consensus plan. A hypothetical example is presented to demonstrate that the model works. Experiments were conducted using colleagues to take the parts of planners. These experiments showed the implications of using weighting functions to express the preferences of planners and the effect of externalities. The experiments demonstrated that one could reasonably expect to reach a plan which is feasible and which by consensus is desirable.
Massoudi, A R (1995) Utilization of plant condition monitoring with reference to the Iranian construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Swansea University.
Salman, S H (1991) Planning and control in the small business: Case studies from construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Swansea University.
Sandhaus, G (1998) Neural networks for cost estimating in project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Swansea University.