During the last several years, there has been substantial and important growth in the application of quantitative analysis, i.e., operations
research/management science, statistics, and related arenas, to interdisciplinary problems arising in the area of socio-economic planning
and development.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences is an international journal devoted ... click here for full Aims & Scope
During the last several years, there has been substantial and important growth in the application of quantitative analysis, i.e., operations
research/management science, statistics, and related arenas, to interdisciplinary problems arising in the area of socio-economic planning
and development.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences is an international journal devoted exclusively to research in this important, but under-represented area. It provides a medium for research that might not appear in more specialized journals, either
because of the interdisciplinary or applied character of the study, or the mathematical/quantitative nature of the research. The journal
thus serves as a focus for investigations that have hitherto appeared in widely-scattered sources and/or less-than-appropriate sources.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences strongly encourages contributions dealing with applications of quantitative models and
techniques to important decision problems in the service and public sectors. Of particular interest are accounts of such studies carried
out in developing countries and economically emerging regions of the world. Review articles in important methodological and substantive
areas are also of interest.
The principal criterion used in evaluating a manuscript submitted to the journal is: uniqueness or
innovation of the work in terms of the methodology being developed, and/or its application to a problem of particular importance in the
public or service sector and/or the setting within which the effort is being made, e.g. an emerging region of the world. That is to
say, of the model/methodology itself, the application, and the problem context, at least one of these must be unique and important.
Additional criteria considered in reviewing a submitted paper are its accuracy, the organization/presentation (i.e. logical flow),
and writing quality.
Representative of the topic areas included in the journal are the following:
Studies directed toward
the more effective utilization of existing resources, e.g. mathematical programming models of health care delivery systems with relevance
to more effective program design; systems analysis of fire outbreaks and its relevance to the location of fire stations; statistical
analysis of the efficiency of a developing country economy or industry.
Studies relating to the interaction of various segments
of society and technology, e.g. the effects of government health policies on the utilization and design of hospital facilities; the relationship
between housing density and the demands on public transportation or other service facilities: patterns and implications of urban development
and air or water pollution.
Studies devoted to the anticipations of and response to future needs for social, health and other human
services, e.g. the relationship between industrial growth and the development of educational resources in affected areas; investigation
of future demands for material and child health resources in a developing country; design of effective recycling in an urban setting.
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