Operational analysis and limitations of the VSI-Based multi-line FACTS controllers

Interventional digital media applications such as robotic surgery, remote-controlled vehicles or wearable tracking devices pose a challenge to media research methodologically as well as conceptually. How do we go about analyzing operational media, where human and non-human agencies intertwine in seemingly inscrutable ways? This article introduces the method of o perational analysis to systematically observe and critically analyze such situated, interventional and multilayered entanglements. Against the background of ongoing efforts to develop operational models for understanding digital media, the method of operational analysis conceptually ascribes to media technologies a real efficacy by approaching them as adaptive mediators. As an operational middle-range approach, it allows to integrate theoretical discussions with considerations of the situatedness, directedness, and task-orientation of operational media. The article presents an analytical toolbox for observing and analyzing digital media operations while simultaneously testing it on a particular application in robotic radiosurgery.

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Best Practice for Using Assessment Hierarchies in Operational Analysis

OR Insight ◽

10.1057/ori.2001.6 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 3-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Graham Mathieson

Keyword(s):

Best Practice ◽

Operational Analysis

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Using Operational Analysis to Improve Access to Pulmonary Function Testing

Canadian Respiratory Journal ◽

10.1155/2016/5269374 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Ada Ip ◽

Raymond Asamoah-Barnieh ◽

Diane P. Bischak ◽

Warren J. Davidson ◽

W. Ward Flemons ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pulmonary Function ◽

Pulmonary Function Testing ◽

Financial Investment ◽

Process Improvements ◽

Operational Analysis ◽

Healthcare Settings ◽

Stakeholder Perspectives ◽

Poor Access ◽

Guide System ◽

Function Testing

Background. Timely pulmonary function testing is crucial to improving diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary diseases. Perceptions of poor access at an academic pulmonary function laboratory prompted analysis of system demand and capacity to identify factors contributing to poor access.Methods. Surveys and interviews identified stakeholder perspectives on operational processes and access challenges. Retrospective data on testing demand and resource capacity was analyzed to understand utilization of testing resources.Results. Qualitative analysis demonstrated that stakeholder groups had discrepant views on access and capacity in the laboratory. Mean daily resource utilization was 0.64 (SD 0.15), with monthly average utilization consistently less than 0.75. Reserved testing slots for subspecialty clinics were poorly utilized, leaving many testing slots unfilled. When subspecialty demand exceeded number of reserved slots, there was sufficient capacity in the pulmonary function schedule to accommodate added demand. Findings were shared with stakeholders and influenced scheduling process improvements.Conclusion. This study highlights the importance of operational data to identify causes of poor access, guide system decision-making, and determine effects of improvement initiatives in a variety of healthcare settings. Importantly, simple operational analysis can help to improve efficiency of health systems with little or no added financial investment.

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