Funding Polytechnics in England: An Application of Non-linear Programming

David Turner; Pratt John

doi:10.1016/0038-0121(95)00016-X

Funding Polytechnics in England: An Application of Non-linear Programming

David Turner, Pratt John

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This paper offers an application of non-linear programming to the funding system for polytechnics in England. The proposed model is used to anticipate the likely impact of government policy on institutions. One novel feature of the model is the authors’ decision to not make use of an objective function in the analysis. This decision is examined and justified. In particular, it is argued that, in this way, the application of non-linear programming can be extended as a descriptive tool in social sciences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315 - 324
Number of pages	9
Journal	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0038-0121(95)00016-X
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1995

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funding polytechnics
non-linear programming
funding system

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