A MODEL FOR MAKING PROJECT FUNDING DECISIONS AT THE NATIONAL-CANCER-INSTITUTE
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
HALL, NG; HERSHEY, JC; KESSLER, LG; STOTTS, RC
署名单位：
University of Pennsylvania; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI); University of Texas System; University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
刊物名称：
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN：
0030-364X
DOI：
10.1287/opre.40.6.1040
发表日期：
1992
页码：
1040-1052
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摘要：
This paper describes the development of a model for making project funding decisions at The National Cancer Institute (NCI). The American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST) is a multiple-year, multiple-site demonstration project, aimed at reducing smoking prevalence. The initial request for ASSIST proposals was answered by about twice as many states as could be funded. Scientific peer review of the proposals was the primary criterion used for funding decisions. However, a modified Delphi process made explicit several criteria of secondary importance. A structured questionnaire identified the relative importance of these secondary criteria, some of which we incorporated into a composite preference function. We modeled the proposal funding decision as a zero-one program, and adjusted the preference function and available budget parametrically to generate many suitable outcomes. The actual funding decision, identified by our model, offers significant advantages over manually generated solutions found by experts at NCI.