Computer Aided Policy Making

ISBN-13: 9780419244806 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 266 str.

Ray Wyatt

Opis

The imperfections of traditional approaches to policymaking - the analytical tradition and the design tradition - are increasingly evident as society becomes more complex. Ray Wyatt argues that the software route offers policymakers a better alternative. The software considered is exclusively analytical, addressing the pivotal act of policymaking: deciding what to do in the future. Wyatt has created two books in one, while the main text describes the types of software package available (chapters 2 to 4) with a detailed examination of four particular packages (chapters 6 to 8), throughout the lessons generated from the software are outlined in lesson boxes. Readers can use the text alone to familiarize themselves with the computer packages or read the boxes only and so learn the lessons which the packages convey - or both. For anyone seeking to make better human-oriented policy, whether urban planner, business strategist, or manager in the field of education, health or welfare, this book should prove a useful source of information and instruction.

Spis treści

Introduction. Silicon and Carbon. Mainstream Software. Peripheral Software. Innovative Software. Frontier Software Case 1: Cyberquest. Frontier Software Case 2: Strad. Frontier Software Case 3: Expert Choice. Frontier Software Case 4: Stategizer. A United Frontier? Conclusions.

O autorze

Ray Wyatt teaches Applied Artificial Intelligence in the Geography department at the University of Melbourne. He has extensive experience as a Strategic Planner in both the public and private sectors.