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Title Finding candidate options for investment : from building blocks to composite options and preliminary screening / Paul K. Davis [and others]
Published Santa Monica : Rand Corp., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 70 pages) : illustrations
Series Technical report ; TR-501-OSD
Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-501-OSD.
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
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
Notes "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70)
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Government purchasing -- United States -- Methodology
Public investments -- United States -- Methodology
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- General.
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Methodology
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Davis, Paul K., 1943-
United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Rand Corporation.
LC no. 2008298183
ISBN 9780833044884
0833044885
1281736481
9781281736482