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Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to describe a collaboration between independent researchers and an English local authority to develop a framework for understanding and measuring outcomes in children centres.Design/methodology/approach– The project was based on developing a system for collecting quantitative and qualitative data that would reflect the multi-dimensional services delivered by children centres. This was called the Early Intervention Performance Outcomes Framework. It utilised the concept of interim outcomes and in so doing the aim was to create a system that would provide evidence for the difference these services could make to children and their families' lives. It was also important for the system to enhance and not detract from service capacity in a period of austerity.Findings– The paper reports on the project when it had generated its first year of data. The paper describes the overall success of the project, the on-going challenges it faces and provides some examples of how interim outcomes represented "steps along the way" for children and families.Originality/value– The innovative collaboration described in this paper provides a positive example of how research methods can enhance both service design and delivery. It will be of interest to both those who work and manage children's services and those engaged in research.

AbstractWe review the operations research/management science literature on data‐driven methods in retail operations. This line of work has grown rapidly in recent years, thanks to the availability of high‐quality data, improvements in computing hardware, and parallel developments in machine learning methodologies. We survey state‐of‐the‐art studies in three core aspects of retail operations—assortment optimization, order fulfillment, and inventory management. We then conclude the paper by pointing out some interesting future research possibilities for our community.

This is an in-depth yet practical guide for Masters students on basic quantitative methods of analysis, covering the foundations through to the analysis.

"This book is an authoritative resource for the latest research on the dimensions of national security, including political, physical, economic, ecological, and computer security. Highlighting a range of pertinent topics such as data breaches, surveillance, and threat detection"

AbstractFrom the perspective of intelligent manufacturing, combined with cyber‐physical system, big data, Internet of things, cloud computing, industrial transformation and value chain concepts, this paper studies digital manufacturing, also called intelligent manufacturing. Intelligent manufacturing is explored from the perspective of the supply chain and industry chain. In this paper, other topics in the integrated big data‐driven intelligent manufacturing is also discussed.

31 slides.-- Presentation delivered within the third webinar in the Autumn 2021 series, full programme and session recording available at https://eurocris.org/autumn-2021-series-eurocris-webinars. ; The presentation, jointly delivered by members of the Flemish Government Department of Economy, Science and Innovation and the ECOOM at Hasselt University, describes the ongoing process for the inclusion of data on research infrastructures into the regional Flanders Research Information Space (FRIS) regional CRIS. The scope of the initiative and the metadata model used to capture this additional piece of research information are outlined and some examples are shown. Future plans around this development involve offering a visualisation of what projects make use of the infrastructure and what publications are the result of data created via a certain piece of research equipment or facility.

The 2013 Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Memo on federally-funded research directed agencies with research and development budgets above $100 million to develop and release plans to increase and broaden access to research results, both published literature and data. The agency responses have generated discussion and interest but are yet to be analyzed and compared. In this paper, we examine how 19 federal agencies responded to the memo, written by John Holdren, on issues of scientific data and the extent of their compliance to the directives outlined in the memo. We present a varied picture of the readiness of federal science agencies to comply with the memo through a comparative analysis and close reading of the contents of these responses. While some agencies, particularly those with a long history of supporting and conducting science, scored well, other responses indicate that some agencies have only taken a few steps towards implementing policies that comply with the memo. These results are of interest to the data curation community as they reveal how different agencies across the federal government approach their responsibilities for research data management, and how new policies and requirements might continue to affect scientists and research communities.

Military logistics are responsible for sourcing and providing nearly every consumable item used by military forces worldwide. The process is highly complex; any misplaced decisions have serious cost and security consequences. Central to the entire process is the quality of the data used to make these acquisition decisions. We explore an enterprise approach to improving data capabilities for acquisition management, building upon a cumulative body of knowledge from Chief Data Officer (CDO) and information quality research and practice. ; Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program