The proper functioning of numerous critical infrastructure systems is fundamental to modern society. Reliable energy powers businesses and illuminates homes; clean water is essential to ...

A model developed to aid a state-level resource allocation process in the United States Department of Agriculture Special Supplement Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is presented.

For decades, finance functions allocated resources based on historical data, intuition and a fixed annual budget cycle. This approach provided a stable foundation in predictable markets but lacked the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to examine public opinion regarding the allocation of scarce medical resources. In this conjoint experiment on a nationally representative sample of US ...

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