Accession Number:

AD0711835

Title:

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AS A PROBABILITY PROCESS

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA MANAGEMENT SCIENCES RESEARCH GROUP

Personal Author(s):

• Gaver, D. P.
• Srinivasan, V.

Report Date:

1970-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

Models are set up to help decide upon the appropriate scales of research and development activities in an organization when competitive preemption of new ideas is a possibility.

Descriptors:

• *INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
• *SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• QUEUEING THEORY
• PROBABILITY
• TIME
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE