Implementing models for resource allocation and management

Expert InsightsPublished 1966

On the basis of RAND Logistics Department experience, tentative conclusions are drawn regarding the factors that contribute to successful implementation of research models. These include: the user's recognition that he has a problem; closing the engineering gap in practical ways; giving the prospective user technical understanding; the researcher's appreciation of the practical interface problems involved; and wise testing procedures. Changes in computer-based systems are always difficult. Change is easiest when a well-developed existing system is to be replaced. Similar formulation and implementation of economic models are needed for quick and effective response to economic needs and national economic policy formation. (Prepared for a symposium on the role of economic models in policy formulation sponsored by the National Resource Evaluation Center, Office of Emergency Planning, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.) 12 pp. Refs.

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