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University of Leeds SCHOOL OF COMPUTER STUDIES

Any statistical analysis or decision analysis contains numerical inputs of which we are unsure. Some of our uncertainty arises from physical randomness which we can model in various ways, ideally through probability. Some relates to judgmental estimates of qualities about which we may be unsure in many different respects. There are other uncertainties involved, however: some relates to ambiguit...

University of Leeds SCHOOL OF COMPUTER STUDIES

In this paper, the problem of bus driver scheduling is introduced, and some of the constraints and conditions existing in different user environments are presented. The way in which such conditions may affect solution methods is discussed. The development of driver scheduling by computer through the five prevous Workshops is presented, and the range of solution methods as evidenced by published...

University of Leeds SCHOOL OF COMPUTER STUDIES

The privatisation of British Rail into twenty-five train operating companies and three freight companies has highlighted the need for each company to have efficient operating schedules. Manpower costs are a significant element in any transport organisation and the ability to minimise these costs is seen as crucial to the well running of these companies. In addition the need to try out different...

Graduate school: the board game

Health Exhibition at Leeds

A Health Exhibition lias been lield at tlie Drill Hall, Leeds, and lias attracted mucli attention. The Public Health Department was especially instructive and included a model hygienic shop counter, fly-proof and ice-cooled, the model cow shed, a smoke-recording apparatus, a demonstration of food values, and a dozen other features conveying lessons to the eye at once. Personal cleanliness, as a...