A goal interval programming model for resource allocation in a marine environmental protection program |
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| Authors: | A. Crarnes W. W. Cooper J. Harrald K. R. Karwan W. A. Wallace |
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| Affiliation: | Center for Cybernetic Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA;Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02163, USA;Marine Environmental Protection Program, United States Coast Guard, Washington, D. C. 20590, USA;School of Urban & Public Affairs, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213, USA;School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12181, USA |
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| Abstract: | A multidimensional “goal programming” model is developed to aid resource allocation decisions in the U. S. Coast Guard's Marine Environmental Protection (MEP) program. It is then extended to a model of “goal interval programming” (GIP ) type where exact values for the indicated goals, as in ordinary goal programming, are replaced by ranges. Deviations outside these ranges are also accommodated by piecewise linear functions with slopes that vary with distance from the goal intervals. Uses and generalizations are discussed in the context of applications to allocating manhours and planning the activities of the Coast Guard's MEP program. |
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