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Showing 1 to 20 of 227 for “"Decision Analysis"”.
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Creating itineraries using decision analysis
This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-07-12 at 13:19.
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Decision analysis for geothermal energy
… for those projects to survive an economic decision-making process. This project, part of a larger effort led by the Department of Energy, seeks to develop a suite of decision analysis tools capable of accurately gauging the economic costs and benefits of geothermal projects with uncertain …
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Consistency checks in decision analysis
… reliability models or PSA, the actual path and decisions made concerning the appropriate outcome is not readily obvious. Decisions are made on the basis of importance of cost, health and safety to the decision maker. These decisions include external influences, such as regulation and media …
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Supporting decision analysis : a pragmatic approach
Decision making is a practical task. Clearly, all aspects of any approach to decision analysis and decision support should be considered with respect to their ease of application as well as their value. The work presented in this thesis is motivated by such a viewpoint. The field of decision …
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Simplified approaches for portfolio decision analysis
Traditional choice decisions involve selecting a single, best alternative from a larger set of potential options. In contrast, portfolio decisions involve selecting the best subset of alternatives — alternatives that together maximize some measure of value to the decision maker and are within their …
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Strategic decision analysis for transportation systems
This thesis examines decision analysis methods of capital investment in transportation systems. The transportation system is a fundamental infrastructure, and requires strategic thinking in making decisions on its projects. The current valuation methods, however, do not reflect the strategic value …
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Corporate decision analysis : an engineering approach
We explore corporate decisions and their solutions under uncertainty using engineering methods. Corporate decisions tend to be complex; they are interdisciplinary and defy programmable solutions. To address these challenges, we take an engineering approach. Our proposition is that as in an …
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Decision analysis incorporating preferences of groups.
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, 1972
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MIDAS : minor incident decision analysis software
MIDAS is the minor incident decision analysis software that acts as an advisory tool for plant decision makers and operators to analyze the available decision alternatives for resolving minor incidents. The minor incidents dealt with in this thesis include non- safety related component failure, …
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Model complexity and risk aversion in decision analysis
Models are often formulated to aid in decision-making. However, the details included or excluded are often determined with minimal examination of the effects. There is a tendency to make models more complex than merited. Yet, decision makers’ risk preferences are often ignored without considering …
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Efficient sequential probability assessment heuristic in decision analysis
Many decision problems involve situations where the possible outcomes are specified but the corresponding probability mass function is only partially known. In such cases, the expected utility of an alternative is not explicitly computable and decisions are made without full information. To address …
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Strategic Planning Tool Development using Portfolio Decision Analysis
<p>A portfolio decision analysis strategic planning tool was developed for the Facilities Management Office at the University of Arkansas. The tool provides information to support budget allocation decisions based on their Strategic Planning Project List, project attributes (e.g, seat utilization, …
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Decision analysis and the development of contaminated land
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1990.
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Multicriteria multistakeholder decision analysis : applications to transportation planning
… a transportation system. Thus, it is vital for decision-makers to have deep understanding of the alternatives available before they chose to invest. In this thesis, we examine the current state of the practice for transportation investment decisions. We draw upon the literature and this existing …
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New non-additive integrals in Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis
… has a central role in modern Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis. In this thesis we propose some generalizations of well known fuzzy integrals (Choquet, Shilkret and Sugeno). We propose and characterize bipolar fuzzy integrals, which are generalization of the most famous fuzzy integrals to the …
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Military budget decisions: inferring trade-offs using decision analysis
This thesis uses a decision analytic framework to assess how the United States Army makes trade-offs involving monetary resources and the potential loss of human life. Data for the study looks at the Army budget for a four year period from 2008-2011, with a focus on spending for combat and suicide …
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Simplified models for multi-criteria decision analysis under uncertainty
When facilitating decisions in which some performance evaluations are uncertain, a decision must be taken about how this uncertainty is to be modelled. This involves, in part, choosing an uncertainty format {a way of representing the possible outcomes that may occur. It seems reasonable to suggest …
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A Study of Decision Analysis Methods in Aerospace Technology Assessments
… the challenge of making technology portfolio decisions under conditions of limited data, rapidly changing macro level factors and organizational uncertainties. To help make these technology investment decisions, some aerospace managers and analysts have used techniques from the field of …
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A decision analysis framework for the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle
… managed. This study introduces a framework for analysis of strategies to evolve the nuclear fuel cycle which may be helpful in analyzing decision problems for similarly complex, long-lived technical infrastructure systems. The framework consists of a system dynamics simulation coupled with a …
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Decision Analysis in Fire Safety Engineering - Analysing Investments in Fire Safety
The application of decision analytical methods to the evaluation of investments in fire safety was investigated, particularly with the aim of being able to suggest a method for analysing a specific investment in fire safety for a specific factory. Attention was directed above all at the handling of …
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