Modelling Effectiveness-Equity Trade-Offs in Public Service Delivery Systems
构建了两个双目标数学规划模型，用于分析公共服务资源在不同站点间分配时效率与公平的权衡，并以公共图书馆新书分配为例说明模型应用。
Distributional equity is a particularly salient objective in public sector decision making, in general, and decision making concerning the delivery of public services such as education, libraries, sanitation, and public safety, in particular. In this paper two related bicriteria mathematical programming models are developed for identifying the trade-offs between overall output (effectiveness) and equity that result from alternative allocations of service resources among different service delivery sites (branches). The models developed here incorporate equity in a more satisfactory manner than have previous efforts. An illustrative application of the models to the allocation of new books among the branches of a public library system is presented.