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Finding candidate options for investment : from building blocks to composite options and preliminary screening / Paul K. Davis ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-501-OSD.
- Technical report ; TR-501-OSD
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Government purchasing--United States--Methodology.
- Government purchasing.
- Public investments--United States--Methodology.
- Public investments.
- United States--Armed Forces--Procurement--Methodology.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 70 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This report describes a methodology and prototype tool, the Building Blocks to Composite Options Tool (BCOT), for identifying good candidate options to use in investment analysis.
- Contents:
- Introduction BCOT's structure and flow The centralized interface : inputs and outputs A notional example Conclusions and next steps Appendix A. Effectiveness calculations Appendix B. Subtleties in the concept of nearness to the efficient frontier Appendix C.A genetic algorithm approach for identifying good candidate options Appendix D. Changing building blocks or scenarios Appendix E. Changing list names (scenarios, focus, etc.)Appendix F. Changing parameters Appendix G. Array operations used in BCOT Appendix H. Excel-based graphics for BCOT
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
- "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).
- ISBN:
- 1-281-73648-1
- 0-8330-4488-5
- OCLC:
- 437222333
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