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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"making decision"”.
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A qualitative study of parental perceptions, beliefs, and experiences when making decision regarding physical activity for children with asthma
… of parents of children with asthma when making decisions regarding physical activity. The perceptions and beliefs of parents in relation to physical activity and the physical environment were also explored. Eight parents of children with asthma between the ages of five to twelve years old …
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O plano de ação como instrumento de controle no processo de gestão estratégica da produção
… necessary use to tools to support to making decision as well as to correct and improve the practices of organizations. This research has as main objective to discuss the implementation of the action plan as an instrument of control in the process of strategic management of production …
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Análise das variações morfodinâmicas por funções ortogonais empíricas - Praia do Flamengo (RJ)
… this beach in order to provide information for making decision in the coastal management, and to guide future works of coastal engineering. The profiles measured by survey were analyzed by EOF method (Empirical Orthogonal Functions). Also, there were performed grain size analysis, coastal …
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Arquivos de instituições privadas de ensino superior do município de João Pessoa: adequação à Portaria do MEC nº 1.224/2013
… information recuperation and helping in making decision.
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A framework For decision automation in operations
… involves two challenges, physical movement and decision-making. Decision making often increase variability, defects and consumes time. The goal of this paper is to offer a structured framework to design a machine-learning based solution to automate decisions. It will leverage recorded decisions …
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Optimization Models Addressing Emergency Management Decisions During a Mass Casualty Incident Response
… managers are often faced with the toughest decisions that can ever be made, people's lives hang in the balance. Nevertheless, these tough decisions have to be made, and made quickly. There is usually too much information to process to make the best decisions. Decision support systems can …
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Activity-Based Costing & Warm Fuzzies - Costing, Presentation & Framing Influences on Decision-Making ~ A Business Optimization Simulation ~
… that can be used to make valuable managerial decisions. Accounting journals regularly report the successful implementations and benefits of activity-based costing systems for particular businesses. Little experimental or empirical evidence exists, however, that has demonstrated the benefits of …
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The effect of religious priming on recalled regrets
… feelings of regret help to regulate behavior by making decision-making processes more careful (Reb, 2008) and behavior less risky (Richard, van der Pligt, & de Vries, 1996). Likewise, repetitively recalling regrets can promote improved behavior (Morrison, 2012). Based on these findings, I …
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Beyond Measures of Speed & Accuracy: Evaluating Visualization Perception, Reasoning & Decision-Making
Visualizations have long been used to support decision-making across various fields. By transforming complex data into graphical representations, such as charts, graphs, and maps, visualizations are generally reputed to make information more accessible and comprehensible for all. While prior work …
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Supporting dynamic and distributed decision making in acute care environments: Insights from a cognitive ethnography
The way that medical decisions are carried out in hospital environments has undergone radical changes in recent years, in part as a result of the changing landscape of care. To make decisions, physicians are expected to keep abreast of a growing and changing body of medical and patient knowledge, …
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A cloud computing decision making model for small and medium enterprises in South Africa.
… Due to the progress in cloud computing, decision makers are cautious and not entirely open to cloud computing. The Technological, Organizational and Environmental (TOE) framework has been selected as a theory for this study. This study reviews existing decision support methods, …
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A model of sustainable campus operations for Malaysian public universities
… support and accountability in analyzing and making decision of any potential initiatives towards campus sustainability. Hence, it can assist those involved in the planning of campus infrastructure and development to determine the most critical factors in implementing the SCO initiatives …
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An Examination of Decision Aid Reliance in a Dynamic Environment
Computerized decision aids are powerful tools to assist with decision-making. Decision models are designed to incorporate and analyze available data in order to present a recommended solution to a problem. Business decision makers, including accountants, have much to gain from integrating decision …
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A Data Fusion Approach to Automated Decision Making in Intelligent Vehicles
… to act. Future vehicles will need more complex decision making modules which receive the raw data from all available sources, process this data and inform the driver about the existing or impending situations and suggest, or even take actions. Intelligent vehicles can take advantage of using …
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Numerical modeling, uncertainty analyses, and machine learning for decision support in the geosciences.
… and post-calibration uncertainty analyses for making decision to monitor waste transport at a naval waste repository site in Texas. For this, MODFLOW and MODPATH were used to simulate hydraulic head and particle/tracer travel times. Later, linear and nonlinear uncertainties were quantified for …
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The strategic decision processes and information needs of nuclear government-oversight-agency managers
… managers face increasing numbers of strategic decisions with fewer people to support their strategic decision processes. There is an increasing need to find new means of strategic decision support for nuclear GOA managers. This exploratory research contributes toward meeting this need by: (1) …
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Reliability-based performance assessment and optimum maintenance of corroded reinforced concrete structures
… actual state of performance deterioration and making decision regarding the optimal repair.
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Evaluation of techniques for ABO isoagglutinin titer
… predicting the progress and prognosis as well as making decision. However, an inter-laboratory variation in result accuracy is a major problem due to the absence of standard method. The aims of this study were to establish the preparation conditions of red blood cell(RBC) suspension and to compare …
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A decision-making system for medical transportation mode using machine learning methods
… a lot of shipment transactions in a company, making decision for choosing the best option will not be easy. Companies face with challenges since there are numerous factors effecting shipment mode selection. Moreover, the number of low-volume and high-frequency shipments has also increased due …
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Is small really beautiful? The impact of scale on political institutional capacity for integrated environmental management in Malta
… to non-environmental international influences, making decision-makers responsive to international versus domestic forces. In today's global milieu, the small-scale advantages for IEM depend more on the national policy makers' ability, and opportunity, to link higher levels of IEM and political …
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