Title of dissertation: ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS FOR NETWORKS WITH SCARCE RESOURCES Kanthi K. Sarpatwar, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Professor Samir Khuller Department of Computer Science Many fundamental algorithmic techniques have roots in applications to computer networks. We consider several problems that crop up in wireless ad hoc networks, sensor networks, P2P network...

OBJECTIVES This systematic review sought to identify the best available evidence regarding strategies for allocating scarce resources during mass casualty events (MCEs). Specifically, the review addresses the following questions: (1) What strategies are available to policymakers to optimize the allocation of scarce resources during MCEs? (2) What strategies are available to providers to optimiz...

To assess the merits of the market for corporate control, this paper examines two processes which standard analysis does not study: the allocation of economic competence and the evolution of organizational structures. Economic competence is seen to be an unusual scarce resource embodied in the very ways in which individuals and organizations take economic decisions, which guides the allocation ...

a number of theories about the hest method of allocating assets have been developed over the years, managers are concernd about allocating scarce resources, mainly capital, in most productive way. managers want to ensure that the return from the invested resources exceeds the cost of resources finanical theories and finanicial strategies try to facilitate creating optimum value for investors in...