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Paper results for author: Joyce M. Alexander
The forward and backward processes of conflict analysis
Joyce M. Alexander, Thomas SaatyJournal: Behavioral ScienceIn this study, the forward process of planning is applied to conflict resolution, by structuring a conflict according to the levels of a conceptual hierarchy. The parties to the conflict form the first level, their objectives are at the second level, and possible solutions are at the third and fi...
Read MoreStability analysis of the forward‐backward process: Northern Ireland case study
Joyce M. Alexander, Thomas SaatyJournal: Behavioral ScienceIn this study, the forward and backward processes of planning are applied to conflict resolution in a way similar to that in which the forward process was applied in a previous paper by the authors . By repeated analysis of the policies of the parties to the conflict and possible reactions to the...
Read MoreOptimization and the geometry of numbers: packing and covering
Thomas Saaty, Joyce M. AlexanderJournal: SIAM ReviewThere are a number of useful applications gradually arising out of the geometry of numbers. In this paper we give a brief survey of the fields of packing and covering, stating some results, and giving illustrations of methods of proof and approaches to the subject. We then mention and discuss a v...
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