This proposal outlines an extension of recent work on structured modeling frameworks that includes the development of a prototype modeling system based on this extended framework. The proposal is interesting because it involves a very creative and productive investigator in a project that includes elements from three important areas of operations research: model representation, construction of modeling systems, and algorithmic design. The development of a prototype mathematical programming modeling system, for which the database environment would itself generate the models, represents an important next step in the design and application of modeling systems. A number of management scientists and other researchers are interested in this area but the approach suggested in the proposal, which would apply object-oriented programming languages to address model construction, is considered to be novel and highly promising. The scope of the project is ambitious but necessarily so, with the potential for a high payoff regarding issues of model management that would be of central theoretical and applied interest to the operations research and management science research communities.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Application #
8822004
Program Officer
Lisa Martin
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1989-07-15
Budget End
1990-12-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
$11,570
Indirect Cost
Name
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Cambridge
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02139