background: nowadays, application of nuclear technology in different industries has largely expanded worldwide. proportionately,the risk of nuclear incidents and the resulting injuries have, therefore, increased in recent years. preparedness is an important part of the crisis management cycle; therefore efficient preplanning seems crucial to any crisis  management plan. equipped with facilities...

Automated content analysis software tools have significantly aided in the study of design processes in the recent past. However, they suffer from the lack of domain knowledge and insight that a human expert can provide. In this paper, we adopt the use of text visualization techniques that help in gaining insights and identifying relevant patterns from the results obtained through a content anal...

BACKGROUND Positive attitude leads to a more successfully implementation of a change. We investigated the effect of attitudes of stakeholders toward a program on their prioritization of the program components for selecting the key question of a theory-driven evaluation with concept mapping method. MATERIALS AND METHODS During a brainstorming session, stated statements defined the program comp...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, application of nuclear technology in different industries has largely expanded worldwide. Proportionately, the risk of nuclear incidents and the resulting injuries have, therefore, increased in recent years. Preparedness is an important part of the crisis management cycle; therefore efficient preplanning seems crucial to any crisis management plan. Equipped with facilities ...

B can be a useful technique to create alternatives for complex decisions. To enhance the quality and innovativeness of the created alternatives, value-focused brainstorming incorporates two features of value-focused thinking into the traditional brainstorming procedures. First, it explicitly identifies the valued aspects of potential alternatives, specified as distinct objectives, to guide brai...

Idea generation (ideation) is an essential process in human creativity that leads to great innovation. Brainstorming is one of the most widely-used and powerful ideation methods. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to assisting human brainstorming, which allows computers to collaborate with humans and boost new ideas. To achieve this goal, we first model the brainstorming process in a ne...

UNLABELLED The fact that faculty tutors do have different backgrounds and specialty has been a concern as a factor that contributes to disparity in the delivery of brainstorming session outcomes. This paper aims to introduce a road map in the form of a set of focused objective structured questions (OSBQs) for tutors to follow in brainstorming. METHODS Objectively structured questions were gen...

This paper presents a simple method for the initial design and validation of graphical user interfaces by group exercises based on brainstorming and storyboarding with paper prototypes. It requires no technical skill on behalf of the participants, and may thus be used with end users. The method helps to initiate a group process and motivate them—by getting these people involved early, the accep...