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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"Support Decision Making"”.
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Transdisciplinary Climate Research to Support Decision Making
… their landscapes, and the ways that people make decisions and utilize new information. The pace of that progress, though, has not been matched by use of all this new knowledge in climate-relevant decision processes. The work presented in this dissertation addresses this mismatch and starts with …
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Statistical methods for using available evidence to support decision-making
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The importance of data collection to support decision making in energy systems
… that are not known precisely at the time these decisions need to be made. To manage these uncertainties, decision makers have to hedge their choices against the possible outcomes, missing out on the best possible choice for the actual system state. Collecting data can reduce uncertainty, and …
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Smart Computing: How Cloud and IoT Technologies Can Improve Education, Security and Support Decision-Making Processes
… sistematica di strumenti che consentano processi decisionali più snelli e flessibili, che consentano specificamente di trarre beneficio dalle più svariate fonti di dati disponibili. Inoltre, la società dovrebbe concentrarsi interamente sulla valorizzazione del capitale umano, per quanto …
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Decision support for caregivers through embedded capture and access
… on a team of diverse caregivers. There are many decisions that caregivers must make to help ensure that the best care and health monitoring are administered. For my dissertation work, I have explored the use of embedded capture and access to support decision-making for caregivers. Embedded …
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Development of a Knowledge-Based Framework for Demand Management for Refrigerated and Shelf-life Constrained Food Supply Chains
… simple (correlation analysis) to more advanced (support vector machines) implemented using demand data for specific products provided by a fruit and vegetables wholesaler, to find the most influential internal and external factors affecting demand. After evaluating the results from these …
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Práticas arquivísticas como estratégias de organização de prontuários médicos: um estudo na Unidade de Saúde da Família Agua Fria da cidade de João Pessoa
… areas of knowledge, Information is needed to support decision-making in various areas of knowledge, health among them. Thus, this study presents the theoretical background for Family Health Strategy, its purpose and competence, as well as for improving records in support of the health care …
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Adapting An Evidence-Based Pediatric Acute Asthma Exacerbation Severity Assessment Tool For Pediatric Primary Care
… Exacerbation Severity Assessment and Disposition Decision Making Tool for Pediatric Primary Care.” </p> <p>Discussion: The adaptation of criteria derived from the evidence and validated by an expert panel will inform and guide clinicians in assessing severity and support decision making in …
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Prioritizing inbound transportation
… mechanism needed to be developed to support decision making for the selection of loads when capacity is constrained. This research applied the Analytic Hierarchy Process to define prioritization logic for each inbound load and solved a Knapsack model to optimize the assignment. This …
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Impact of a Localized Lean Six Sigma Implementation on Overall Patient Safety and Process Efficiency
… the simulation analysis provides evidence to support decision making regarding process improvement implementation across the evaluated scenarios; the results evidence a significant time reduction, not only in the registration process but also in the “Time to Arrive to the Physician.”</p>
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Data-driven resource allocation decisions : FEMA's disaster recovery centers
Resource allocation decisions in post-disaster operations are challenging because of situational dynamics, insufficient information, organizational culture, political context, and urgency. We propose a methodology to create a data-driven decision process for post-disaster resource allocation that …
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Uncertainty assessment of complex models with application to aviation environmental systems
Numerical simulation models that support decision-making and policy-making processes are often complex, involving many disciplines, and long computation times. These models typically have many factors of different character, such as operational, design-based, technological, and economics-based. …
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Geographical Information System (GIS) web applications for data visualization of Drinking Water pipelines
Robust decision support tools that aid water utilities to make informed, swift and precise decisions are becoming the need of the hour. Application of sophisticated models to aid the process of condition assessment and risk analysis on water pipelines have been limited owing to the lack of …
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Crowdview: uma plataforma crowdsourcing para gerenciamento temporal de entidades
… also reduce time, operational costs and improve decision making. Given this scenario, the proposal in this doctoral thesis is the development of a crowdsourcing approach to extract and manage temporal characteristics of a real world object from unstructured information. This approach was …
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Applications of Optimization and Machine Learning in Assortment Optimization and Revenue Management
… markets must often make assortment and pricing decisions in environments where demand structure is complex, high-dimensional, or only partially observable. Traditional approaches typically rely on parametric demand models and rich transactional data, which may not always be available. This …
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ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIETAL IMPACTS OF SUBURBAN WHITE-TAILED DEER: A CASE STUDY IN THE CHICAGO METROPOLITAN AREA
… preferences toward deer and deer management to support decision making. My study based in the Chicago Metropolitan Area during 2007-2011, utilized a multi-faceted approach to investigate common obstacles in suburban deer management. In my findings, I discuss the need for managers to examine …
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The planning and analysis implications of automated data collection systems : rail transit OD matrix inference and path choice modeling examples
… agencies with a rich information source to support decision making. The impact of a new data collection strategy ...
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Feasibility analysis of using special purpose machines for drilling-related operations
… a feasibility analysis procedure developed to support decision-making through the assessment of the strengths and limitations of SPMs. To achieve this, technical and economic feasibility analyses, a sensitivity analysis, and an optimisation model were developed and a case study was provided for …
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Data Analytics of Wettability Alteration with Surfactants in Carbonate Reservoirs
… was developed to facilitate data analysis and support decision making"--Abstract, p. iv</p>
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The effectiveness of virtual facilitation in supporting GDSS appropriation and structured group decision making
… introduction a quarter of a century ago, group decision support systems (GDSS) have evolved from applications designed primarily to support decision making for groups in face-to-face settings, to their growing use for “web conferencing,” online collaboration, and distributed group …
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