A model developed to aid a state-level resource allocation process in the United States Department of Agriculture Special Supplement Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is presented.

Our hectic, on-demand lifestyles rely upon allocating finite sets of resources to constantly changing numbers of people. As this task grows ever harder, it will require solutions to a little-known ...

For decades, finance functions allocated resources based on historical data, intuition and a fixed annual budget cycle. This approach provided a stable foundation in predictable markets but lacked the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to examine public opinion regarding the allocation of scarce medical resources. In this conjoint experiment on a nationally representative sample of US ...

Discover what capital projects are, learn with examples like roads and plants, and understand their funding methods including equity, debt, and public finance.

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a ...