Open AccessPlanning and budgeting in the crippled children's sector through goal programming.
Author(s) -
Carl Joiner,
Arthur Drake
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.71.9.1012
Subject(s) - goal programming , state (computer science) , goal setting , computer science , process (computing) , process management , resource allocation , operations research , business , management science , economics , management , programming language , engineering
This article describes how the goal programming methodology was applied to a state level Crippled Children's Program. The various organizational goals are incorporated into the programming model to indicate the trade-offs associated with the resource allocation process. Alternative allocations are presented in terms of a "what if" approach to programming.