... costs in leisure centres and then investigates 19 sport centres in the city of Liverpool, using data elicited from the Liverpool Leisure Services Directorate. The energy operating costs were analysed using statistical techniques and artificial intelligence methods. Three types of modelling, linear/non...

... effectiveness. The implications of the results are that facilities space managers should systematically evaluate alternative measures and give greater attention to particular aspects of open‐plan. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Management control Space planning Statistics Surveys The need...

... three indicators of the need for security were reported: internal crime, external crime and institution size. Of these, expenditure on security was significantly correlated (r = 0.42) only with internal crime. The security managers measured performance mainly by crime statistics. Presents...