Abstract
This paper presents a subscript-free modeling language (SFL). Several subscript-using modeling languages already have been developed. Unfortunately, managers who are not management science/operations research (MS/OR) specialists have a difficult time working with subscripts. This is the case because such managers typically do not use subscripts and summation notation as part of their jobs. SFL's simple, subscript-free expressions are shown to facilitate both model formulation and use by non MS/OR specialists. Eliminating subscripts also makes it easier to link to database management systems (DBMSs). This linkage facilitates the task of integrating models and data in a decision support system (DSS). That is, SFL models can be stored in, draw inputs from, and return outputs to a DBMS. It is demonstrated that these advantages are obtained without sacrificing expressiveness.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 614-627 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | European Journal of Operational Research |
Volume | 123 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 16 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science(all)
- Modeling and Simulation
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Information Systems and Management