Decision Support System for Improving the Locational Efficiency of Service Systems, Award in U.S. and Indian Currencies

描述：该项目支持联合研究， Gerard Rushton博士，哥伦比亚大学地理系 爱荷华州，爱荷华州市，爱荷华州和维诺德·特瓦里博士，印第安人学校 管理印度班加罗尔（IIMB）开发和测试一个 决策支持系统，以改善 适合农村地区的服务系统的效率， 印度 具体而言，该小组将： 决策过程和分析的需求， 决策者参考选定的服务系统， 一个样本研究区域;开发一个分析程序， 优化资源配置模式;发展 交互式软件的形式进行分析 基于微计算机的系统;评估替代模型 一个互动的模式，并汇集学者，规划师， 和决策者，以完善决策支持系统， 协助其传播。 该项目应导致 提高卫生服务、银行服务、 教育和其他消耗大量公共资源的部门 资源 此外，研究还应增加 对农村服务提供绩效的了解 帮助发展中国家确定通用的 服务提供系统的特点，并制定规则 比任何专家系统都更合适 目前存在的。 范围：爱荷华州的大学有一个国际中心， 合作研究和地理系， 拥有优秀的资源，包括相关的工作人员 国际经验以及学者谁是 在这个领域进行研究。 IIMB的任务是 以及在设计中发挥主要作用所需的设施 新系统的印度条件和培训管理人员， 计算机辅助决策的最新发展， 信息系统。 这两个研究所共同合作 应该有助于使这个项目成功，并产生 有意义的科学成果， 应用.

Description: This project supports a joint research by Dr. Gerard Rushton, Department of Geography, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa and Dr. Vinod Tewari, Indian School of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India to develop and test a decision-support system for improving the locational efficiency of service systems appropriate to rural areas in India. Specifically the team will: Identify the decision-making process and analyze the needs of the decision-makers with reference to selected service systems in a sample study area; develop an analysis procedure with optimizing models for resources allocation; develop interactive software for the analysis in the form of a micro-computer based system; evaluate alternative models in an interactive mode; and bring together scholars, planners and decision-makers to refine the decision-support system and to assist in its dissemination. The project should lead to enhancing the quality of health services, banking services, education and other sectors that consume large public resources. In addition the study should increase the knowledge of the performance of rural service delivery systems in developing countries and help define the generic features of service delivery systems and develop rules for expert systems that will be more appropriate than any existing at present. Scope: The University of Iowa has a Center for International Cooperative Studies and Department of Geography each of which has excellent resources including staff with relevant international experience as well as scholars who are conducting research in this field. The IIMB has a mandate and the needed facilities to play a major role in the design of new systems for Indian conditions and to train managers in recent development in computer assisted decision-making and information systems. These two institutes working jointly should help make this project successful and produce meaningful results of scientific benefit and of pertinent applications.