The capability to store data about business processes execution in so-called Event Logs has brought to the diffusion of tools for the analysis of process executions and for the assessment of the goodness of a process model. Nonetheless, these tools are often very rigid in dealing with with Event Logs that include incomplete information about the process execution. Thus, while the ability of han...

This paper proposes a chi-square method (CSM) to obtain a priority vector for group 11 decision making (GDM) problems where decision-makers’(DMs’) assessment on alternative is 12 furnished as incomplete reciprocal preference relations with missing values. Relevant theorems 13 and iterative algorithm about CSM are proposed. Satty’s consistency ratio concept is adapted to 14 judge whether an inco...

in this paper we present the problem of designing a three level hub center network. in our network, the top level consists of a complete network where a direct link is between all central hubs.  the second and third levels consist of star networks that connect the hubs to central hubs and the demand nodes to hubs and thus to central hubs, respectively. we model this problem in an incomplete net...

AIM To assess the risk of bias (RoB) in a subset of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in orthodontic journals using the Cochrane RoB tool and to identify associations between domain RoB assessment and treatment effect estimates. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty consecutive issues of four major orthodontic journals were electronically searched to identify RCTs. The quality of the includ...

A popular design in large scale' educational assessments is the balanced incomplete block design. The design assumes that the item pool is split into a set of blocks of items that are assigned to assessment booklets. This paper shows how the technique of 0-1 linear programming can be used to calculate a balanced incomplete block design. Several structural as well as practical constraints on thi...

quality assessment in an educational activity is the most important action for improving this process and its totally or partly renewed resumption. quality assessment compares the existing and the desired situation. in the education system outcome, review the existing and desired situation is a turning point of quality assessment. therefore it is necessary to describe outcome desired situation ...

BACKGROUND The circumstances under which women obtain unsafe abortion vary and depend on the traditional methods known and the type of providers present. In rural Tanzania women often resort to traditional providers who use plant species as abortion remedies. Little is known about how these plants are used and their potential effect. METHODS Data were obtained among women admitted with incomp...

BACKGROUND New bronchoscopic techniques for end-stage emphysema treatment are nowadays available; the presence of interlobar collateral ventilation (CV) and interlobar lung fissures (ILF) is crucial for patient selection. OBJECTIVES Assessment of these variables has been reported previously, but it has never been anatomically validated in vivo. This is the purpose of our study. METHODS Twen...