In this paper we tackle a generalization of the Single Source Capacitated Facility Location Problem in which two sets of facilities, called intermediate level and upper level facilities, have to be located; the dimensioning of the intermediate set, the assignment of clients to intermediate level facilities, and of intermediate level facilities to upper level facilities, must be optimized, as well.
In our context, both the non-systematic assignment of clients to caseworkers and the fact that the number of VR slots in a region do not depend on local economic conditions generate useful (i.e. not correlated with the untreated outcome) variation in treatment status conditional on observed characteristics and so increase the plausibility of our identification strategy.
The problem this paper aims to resolve is the maximization of throughput performance by controlling the BS assignment of public clients, the channel allocation for each BS, and the transmission power.
A researcher (IH) attended weekly team allocation meetings (assignment of new clients to CM's) in an effort to aid recruitment, address any concerns regarding the study and generally facilitate the process.
In return, UBS will receive an assignment of the client's claim in the Lehman bankruptcy.
"Dinotopia," which has its premiere tonight on ABC, was born more than a decade ago in the mind of James Gurney, an illustrator and author who while on assignment for clients like the National Geographic Society would let his imagination loose, sketching elaborate fantasy cities.
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Under the agreement, Arnold Worldwide/Washington in McLean, Va., part of the Arnold Worldwide Partners division of Havas, will absorb 30 employees of the Bethesda, Md., office of Earle Palmer, and assignments for clients like the American Bankers Association, the Treasury Department and the Department of Transportation.
The 25 employees of Marketing Corporation, who had handled assignments for clients like Walt Disney, I.B.M. and Kraft Foods, will become employees of FutureBrand at the FutureBrand offices in New York and Wilton, Conn.
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First, there was no random assignment of facilities, villages or clients to the voucher program.
