Almost all results for negotiation support systems have been obtained in a United States context, based on the conventions and culture of American group processes. This paper reports on the construction and testing of a prototype group decision support system (GDSS) to support international negotiation. The system was shown to work and to provide gains in both the quality of the interaction and...

the paper presents a multi-factor decision-making approach for prioritizing failure modes as an alternative to traditional approach of failure mode and effect analysis (fmea). the approach is based on the ‘technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution’ (topsis). the priority ranking is formulated on the basis of six parameters (failure occurrence, non-detection, maintainability...

The high mortality rate associated with cardiac abnormalities highlights the need of accurately detecting heart disorders in early stage so to avoid severe health consequence for patients. Health trackers have become popular form wearable devices. They are aimed perform monitoring outside medical clinics during peoples’ daily lives. Our paper proposes a new diagnostic algorithm and its implemen...

Private banking is one of the most profitable services offered by financial institutions in Brazil. In this service, a client should consider suitability range product, during his or her life based on dynamic objectives. It very complex service that involves regulation from governmental agencies, institutions’ interests, and clients’ not uncommon for these aspects to be conflicting, hindering d...