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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Practical decision making"”.
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Decision Making in Fire Risk Management
Various normative decision theories are discussed in the context of fire risk management. A method suitable for practical decision making in respect to fire safety investments is presented and exemplified. The method involves the use of second-order probabilities to represent uncertainty regarding …
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A seller's roadmap to REITLAND : private to public real estate transactions and currency selection
The purpose of this thesis is to articulate a practical decision-making framework for owners of private real estate portfolios interested in contributing their assets to a REIT. The framework introduces the private real estate owner, or contributing seller, to the entire transaction process. A …
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Surrogate learning for scoured bridges for capacity prediction with climate-scenario deep uncertainties
… evaluation of scour-critical bridges, supporting practical decision-making under uncertain future hydraulic hazards.
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How to Identify leading indicators for scenario monitoring
… and formulated into business strategies, the practical decision-making process then requires continuous review. Existing literature suggests that companies must actively monitor the business environment using appropriate indicators and understand their implications. This research specifically …
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UNDERSTANDING THE RISK ALLOCATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS USING ALTERNATIVE CONTRACTING METHODS
… complexity, and activity phasing, providing practical insights based on the case study of ACM projects. Thus, this research on risk allocation contributes to the burgeoning trends in ACM by facilitating practical decision-making in risk responsibility allocation.
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Robust, risk-sensitive, and data-driven control of Markov Decision Processes
Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) model problems of sequential decision-making under uncertainty. They have been studied and applied extensively. Nonetheless, there are two major barriers that still hinder the applicability of MDPs to many more practical decision making problems: * The decision …
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Aligning Public-Private Partnership Contracts with Public Objectives for Transportation Infrastructure
… of 18 domestic and international projects. Three practical decision-making tools resulting from this work are illustrated through application to current PPP procurements: (1) a traffic-risk worksheet, which provides a rapid estimate of a toll-financed project's viability; (2) analytical QCA …
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Data-Driven Analytics for Oil and Gas Reservoir Production Forecasting
… of operational and geological parameters impedes practical decision making and future performance prediction of oil and gas recovery processes. Thus, the rise of uncertainty-based reservoir development scenarios has provoked reservoir engineers to look for substitute modeling techniques that are …
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A method to establish non-informative prior probabilities for risk-based decision analysis
In Bayesian decision analysis, uncertainty and risk are accounted for with probabilities for the possible states, or states of nature, that affect the outcome of a decision. Application of Bayes’ theorem requires non-informative prior probabilities, which represent the probabilities of states of …
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Research on Risk Management for Healthcare Supply Chain in Hospital
… there is an urgent demand for a novel decision support method that supports supply chain risk management in the hospital setting. As the topic is still in the early stage and only a few systematic academic studies on this topic can be found over the last decades. This research aims to …
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Optimization and measurement in humanitarian operations: addressing practical needs
… stable (without incentive to deviate), not all practical concerns have been addressed by these algorithms. For example, the gap we study is that when staff members do not provide preference lists covering all jobs, a complete stable matching is not guaranteed. In the first part of the thesis, we …
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The influence of selected managerial quality and board composition variables on the performance of German cooperative banks – an analysis of age, gender, education and experience as well as board size and composition
… the results provide a basis for formulating practical decision-making criteria for supervisory boards to consider when selecting new executive board members.
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Explorations of structure and choice in taxing capital gains: New Zealand tax experts' perspectives
… would give a greater understanding into the practical decision-making process that could result in a better public acceptance for a tax reform.
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Forests of the future: ecosystem services in a forest landscape facing significant changes
… being much research, there is as yet limited practical application. This PhD thesis explores ecosystem service delivery in an applied forestry context, using Thetford Forest (East Anglia, UK) as a case study with the aim of generating practical recommendations for future management. As part of …