resource allocation

This thesis presents two applications of combinatorial optimization. The first part contains a detailed description of a conference scheduling problem. We model the problem as a symmetric clustering problem, or a variant of minimum k -partition we call capacitated k -partition .…

Over the last 9 years, the United States Government spent approximately 300 billion on the war in Afghanistan. Despite the employment of these resources, the goal of creating stability in the country has not been achieved. This is especially the case at the village, town, and di…

Dynamic programming is used in many military and industrial applications to solve sequential decision making problems. This research proposes the development of a model and approach to address the application of dynamic programming in nation-building modeling. Through the creati…

This research examines the weak condition of pareto efficiency maintained by the unitary and collective models of the household. Farm production data collected from Senegalese households over a two-year period are used to test whether resources are allocated efficiently across m…

Using 1993 Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS), the three essays examine intra-household human capital resource allocations in rural Indonesia. The first essay, “Educational Resource Allocation between Boys and Girls: A Structural Approach”, formulates a structural model allowi…

Extensive research in recent decades has focused on analyzing the mechanisms by which household resources are allocated among family members. For development programs to be successful, they need to take into account the rules of household allocation and how policy and other inte…

The impact of the turnover tax and the value-added tax systems on resource allocation and international trade is examined when intermediate goods are introduced into a general equilibrium model. The value-added tax allows tax credit on sales tax paid on intermediate good while t…

Along with playing an ever-increasing role in the integration of other communication networks and expanding in application diversities, the current Internet suffers from serious overuse and congestion bottlenecks. Efficient congestion control is fundamental to ensure the Interne…

This study is concerned with an aspect of public sector resource allocation, specifically the mechanisms whereby United Kingdom central government public expenditure within the New Towns budget heading was utilised for the planned expansion of the town of Northampton from 1965 t…

We present a study of conflict from an economic perspective. We start by reviewing the approach to conflict in the economic sciences. We model conflict as a process of allocation of resources into two main technologies, production and appropriation. Then we complement this frame…

Due to introduction of smart phones with data intensive multimedia and interactive applications and exponential growth of wireless devices, there is a shortage for useful radio spectrum. Even though the spectrum has become crowded, many spectrum occupancy measurements indicate t…

This study examines the role of tertiary education in the development of a knowledge based economy, with particular reference to developing countries and in the particular case of the University of Botswana (UB). It presents evidence to suggest that the commodification of knowle…

This dissertation investigates the relationship between the Holy Spirit, ethnic identity and the ‘other’ in Luke-Acts. I argue that the Spirit is the central figure in the formation of a new social identity that affirms, yet chastens and transcends ethnic identity. The investiga…

In recent years, many protocols for efficient Multicasting have been proposed. However, many of the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are reluctant to use multicastenabled routers in their networks. To provide such incentives, new protocols are needed to improve the quality of t…

The purpose of this dissertation is to understand how individuals' preferences for resource allocation affect their attitudinal and behavioral responses towards the organization. Building on the three main allocation norms (equity norm, equality norm and need norm) and taking th…

There is increasing recognition of the need for timely and appropriate support for post-conflict rehabilitation. Restoring access to healthcare services and laying the foundations for health system development are vital components of post-conflict rehabilitation work in the heal…

In this dissertation, we present novel physical (PHY) and cross-layer design guidelines and resource adaptation algorithms to improve the security and user experience in the future wireless networks. Physical and cross-layer wireless security measures can provide stronger overal…

This dissertation reveals why Senegal has confronted difficulties in establishing and maintaining an articulated rural development strategy. Departing from a weak state model, this work develops the concept of symbiotic societal differential dynamism to explain how the modern Se…

With climate change adaptation becoming ever more urgent, decisions about how to allocate adaptation resources have become increasingly important. For instance, should decision-makers in flood-prone areas fund a sea wall to protect a larger community, provide subsidies to proper…

Software testing costs might be reduced if software engineers could easily determine which parts of a system were more complex and thus more likely to contain faults. Once these areas are identified, extra testing resources and preference could be assigned accordingly. A survey …