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Paper results for author: Joyce M. Alexander

The forward and backward processes of conflict analysis

Joyce M. Alexander, Thomas Saaty
Journal: Behavioral Science
In 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...

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Stability analysis of the forward‐backward process: Northern Ireland case study

Joyce M. Alexander, Thomas Saaty
Journal: Behavioral Science
In 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...

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Optimization and the geometry of numbers: packing and covering

Thomas Saaty, Joyce M. Alexander
Journal: SIAM Review
There 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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