Gathers together research from three key application themes of modelling in operational research - modelling to support evaluation; modelling within the development; and the use of modelling approaches to enhance decision support in organisational contexts. This book also covers a range of complex and diverse modelling issues.

The 1980s and 1990s have seen a growing interest in research and practice in the use of methodologies within problem contexts characterised by a primary focus on technology, human issues, or power. During the last five to ten years, this has given rise to challenges regarding the ability of a single methodology to address all such contexts, and the consequent development of approaches which aim to mix methodologies within a single problem situation. This has been particularly so where the situation has called for a mix of technological (the so-called 'hard') and human centred (so-called...