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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Decision-making methods"”.
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RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF MARINE PILOTS USING ADVANCED DECISION MAKING METHODS
… Reliability Index (MPRI). The MPRI seeks to help decision makers in identifying the effects of certain factors on pilot reliability. Although human reliability has been investigated in different disciplines, there is no consensus on the selected criteria. Therefore, in this study, the researcher …
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Decision-making methods under Uncertainty in Discrete Multi-objective Optimization
This dissertation investigates decision-making methods in Uncertain Discrete Multi-objective Optimization Problems (UDMOPs), where uncertainty arises in both objective function and constraint coefficients. The study pursues three main goals: (1) constructing sensitivity regions in the objective …
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Development of Usability Questionnaires for Electronic Mobile Products and Decision Making Methods
… and electronic products, usability inquiry methods can play a more significant role during the development life cycle, diagnosing usability problems and providing metrics for making comparative decisions. A need has been realized for questionnaires tailored to the evaluation of electronic …
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Innovative decision-making methods for the preliminary design and operations of air-cushion and other marine vehicles
… multi-level, complex problem that requires decision-making at every stage of the design process. As such, it requires a great deal of time and resources. The evolution of the process of ship design has been relatively slow and is still based to a large extent on traditional methods that have …
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Improvements of Interactive Multiple Objective Optimization Technique and Its Applications
… experiments. As an example, the investment decision making methods, especially capital rationing methods by Weingartner, are extended to the multiple objective problem. In addition, the manpower problem which is modified from the goal programming method is introduced and tested for the …
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Utility functions for ceteris paribus preferences
… goals in a way natural to human thinking. Many decision making methods require an efficient method for comparing the desirability of two arbitrary goals. We address this need by presenting an algorithm for converting a set of qualitative ceteris paribus preferences into a quantitative utility …
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Analytic Hierarchy approach for transport project appraisal an application to Korea
… analysis has played an important role as a decision making method, and the Government has the leading role as a single decision maker. As a result, there are so many debates on most of transport investment projects by other interest groups and by the fact that other non-economic attributes …
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Evaluating the impact of government energy R&D investments through a multi-attribute utility-based decision tool
… environments yet frequently rely on ad-hoc decision-making methods in response to complexities inherent in their operating landscape. Additionally, standard decision making methods typically undervalue projects by ignoring difficult to value, non-monetary benefits. This presents a problem …
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Concurrent optimization in designing for logistics support
… life cycle. Studies have shown that the decisions which are made initially, during the design of the product, will determine 80% of the total system costs. Several efforts have been initiated to improve the product design process and emphasize the life cycle approach. These include; …
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The value of flexibility : application of real options analysis to electricity network investments
… electricity distribution network investment decision-making methods using a three-step approach, to explore the possible value of flexibility. By applying a simple quantitative framework to an illustrative distribution network decision, it finds that current methods that fail to consider …
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Demand forecasting and decision making under uncertainty for long-term production planning in aviation industry
… capital investments, and highly variable demand. Making important decisions with intensive capital investments requires accurate forecasting of future demand. However, this can be challenging because of significant variability in future scenarios. The purpose of this research is to develop an …
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How does the public process impact the selection of a nuisance wildlife management plan?
… species known as nuisance wildlife. Policy decisions for nuisance wildlife species are made at a national or state level; however, municipalities manage most nuisance wildlife-human conflicts. An individual town or city is responsible for controlling populations of nuisance species both …
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An investigation of the potential of mindfulness to promote expert performance in clinical decision making in occupational and physical therapists.
… care environment, developing expertise and making good decisions can be challenging when confronted with demands for high performance, high productivity, and low cost. Mindfulness may be a practice that can promote expertise and improve decision making, despite the pressures faced by …
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Flexibility in building design : a real options approach and valuation methodology to address risk
… addresses two shortcomings of current design and decision-making practices that are particularly evident in the buildings industry: 1) systems are designed as though they will remain as static entities despite existing in uncertain environments, and 2) typical decision-making methods, such as net …
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Meaningful Engagement: Exploring More Inclusive Local Stakeholder Engagement in the Chesapeake Bay Program
… organizations for change (e.g., alternative decision-making methods). This research makes the following recommendations for stakeholder engagement: prioritize DEIJ in engagement design; identify engagement goals, values, and roles; strengthen networks to support diversity in participation and …
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Artificial intelligence in venture capital industry : opportunities and risks
Artificial intelligence - making machines intelligent - is a methodology to build, train, and run machines that are capable of making decisions on its own. Artificial intelligence technologies are gaining significant adoption across a wide range of activities in an organization across different …
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Decision-making process framework at the planning phase of housing development project
… go through several procedures which consist of a decision-making process. By practising the decision-making process since the planning phase, the relevant decision-maker is assisted in analysing and organising all issues arise such as the problem in identification and selection of a suitable …
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A Decision Tool for Supplier Selection That Takes into Account Power and Performance
… and quantitative criteria. It combines two decision making methods, AHP and TOPSIS, with triangular fuzzy numbers. Multiple judgements from several decision makers are synthesised. This method is adapted for performance assessment of single, group and cross-group suppliers. Weights are …
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Enhancing the Use of Network Meta-analysis to Synthesize Information on Benefits and Harms of Drugs to Support Regulatory and Reimbursement Decisions in Canada
… to support regulatory and reimbursement decisions. This thesis (composed of nine separate papers) applied network meta-analysis to a series of real world problems which simultaneously addressed many of these methodological issues while also supporting healthcare decision making. METHODS: …
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