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What is Garbage Can Model

Chapter 358
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
A group of closely related theoretical models that analyze decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Originally developed by M. D. Cohen, J. G. March, and J. P. Olsen to analyze “organized anarchies”. These models make certain similar assumptions about the specific cases under consideration including that the problems and solutions are either “uncoupled” or “loosely coupled.”
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Computer-Assisted Indian Matrimonial Services
Robert Leslie Fisher (Independent Researcher, USA)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch358
Abstract
The focus of the present paper is on the way the computer has been harnessed to assist both an ancient custom of arranged marriage and its practitioners (known as matchmakers) rather than on the internet usage of people looking for love in the Internet era. The principal argument is that the computer assisted matchmaking, because it offers the opportunity for fine grained analysis, is beneficial to the couple and thus improves the chances that the marriage will be durable and happy for both the man and his wife.
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Chapter 139
Medical Diagnosis: A ‘Garbage Can' Perspective
A paradigm in organization studies developed by Cohen, March, and Olsen (1972) used to study decision making in organizations under conditions of imperfect information, and emphasizing the role of non-rational and nonrandom elements in the process of reaching a decision.
Published in Chapter: Medical Diagnosis: A ‘Garbage Can' Perspective; From: Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
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