Optimizing a Library's Loan Policy: An Integer Programming Approach.

Al-Fares, Hesham K.

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ERIC Number: EJ575841

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Publication Date: 1998

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Optimizing a Library's Loan Policy: An Integer Programming Approach.

Al-Fares, Hesham K.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v49 n13 p1169-76 Nov 1998

Discusses the length of library loan periods and the number of books allowed to be borrowed. An integer programming model is formulated whose solution yields the optimum user satisfaction, and a case study conducted at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia) is presented. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Circulation, Library Policy, Mathematical Formulas, Models, Policy Formation, User Satisfaction (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Saudi Arabia

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