Optimal loan periods for undergraduate recommended reading

Autor:	Paul Barrington Taylor, Jonathan Warwick
Rok vydání:	1980
Předmět:	Waiting time Information Systems and Management Actuarial science Loan Strategy and Management Reading (process) media_common.quotation_subject ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Economics Management Science and Operations Research Marketing Expected utility hypothesis media_common
Zdroj:	Omega. 8:671-679
ISSN:	0305-0483
DOI:	10.1016/0305-0483(80)90009-2
Popis:	A model is developed for the total expected utility to borrowers of an undergraduate text book recommended by a lecturer. It takes account of the peaked demand for a book following a recommendation, measures of borrower satisfaction which involve both waiting time and reading time (loan period), and the persistence of would-be borrowers in requesting books not found on the shelves. Some parameters of the model were estimated by a method which elicited preferences of students in various choice situations; other parameters were estimated by librarians. Some specific conclusions are drawn regarding the optimal loan period of books in terms of their type and the number of copies held.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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