2012-05-10T18:02:53Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/h/hillestad_richard.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/10/30/TH.html 2008-10-30T18:41:00Z 2008-10-30T18:41:00Z

As it considers ways to improve the efficiency and quality of U.S. health care, one issue that a new Congress should reconsider is the longstanding roadblock that has stalled efforts to create a system of unique patient identification numbers for every person in the United States, writes Richard Hillestad.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2853.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carrier based air logistics study : integrated summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2785.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describes the mathematical approaches to modeling the effects of spare parts supply, component repair, and related processes on combat capability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG434.html 2006-11-09T11:18:00Z 2006-11-09T11:18:00Z

The Closed-Loop Planning System addresses the U.S. Air Force shortcoming in effective allocation of limited funding for depot-level repair across weapon systems and calculation of the readiness implications of such allocations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG680.html 2008-10-26T01:30:00Z 2008-10-26T01:30:00Z

Describes a framework for evaluating the contribution of the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application, DoD's global electronic health record, to the performance of the Military Health System.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR739.html 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report is the executive summary of MR-736-EAC/VW. It presents the basic findings from this study, but the interested reader should refer to the main report for a detailed discussion of the issues.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR388.html 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many analysts and decisionmakers argue that an order-of-magnitude leap forward in military modeling for the post-Cold War era is essential to improve the quality of analyses, training, acquisition and test and evaluation

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR528.html 2008-07-21T13:10:00Z 2008-07-21T13:10:00Z

This technical report describes the F-15 programmed depot maintenance (PDM) process as performed at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) in FYs 2004-2006, assessing PDM duration and the challenges the process faces.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR732.html 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report describes the design and capabilities of PACE-FORWARD, the decision support system (DSS) developed to support the FORWARD (Freight Options for Road, Water, and Rail for the Dutch) study.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5124.html 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Convexity" or "Tui" cuts are combined with the support cuts of Kelley's cutting plane algorithm to solve a large class of nonconvex programming problems. This class is defined by problems with some constraints of the "reverse convex" variety, that ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9457-1.html 2009-07-22T16:26:00Z 2009-07-22T16:26:00Z

Describes approaches to modernizing the U.S. freight-transportation system that require whole-system modeling, engagement of all stakeholders, and an understanding of the interdependence between local and national costs and benefits.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB6500.html 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The study analyzed the benefits and costs of a broad range of policy options for mitigating the negative effects of the expected growth in road transport while retaining the economic benefits.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB192.html 2006-10-11T12:55:00Z 2006-10-11T12:55:00Z

This research brief describes a methodology for making depot-level repair budgets with a clear understanding of the readiness consequences of the associated trade-offs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5066.html 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A contribution to mathematical programming theory, describing a solution procedure for a class of nonconvex programs defined by constraints and objectives having convexity which is the reverse of that required for a convex problem. Theorems are pres...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9457.html 2009-06-05T14:00:00Z 2009-06-05T14:00:00Z

Describes approaches to modernizing the U.S. freight-transportation system that require whole-system modeling, engagement of all stakeholders, and an understanding of the interdependence between local and national costs and benefits.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF103.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reports the results of a conference held under the aegis of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT312.html 2008-07-17T16:00:00Z 2008-07-17T16:00:00Z

Testimony presented before the Senate Finance Committee on July 17, 2008.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P6748.html 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Logisticians will rely more and more on models to deal with the complexities of procuring, maintaining, and transporting military material, facilities, and personnel.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5207.html 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This paper describes a finite procedure for locating a global minimum of a problem which is linear in the objective and constraints except for one nonlinear constraint which is of the "reverse convex" variety.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/notes/N3631.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines the differences in combat outcomes predicted by models of different resolution applied to identical combat situations.