In a constantly changing environment we must adapt to both abrupt and gradual changes to incoming information. Previously, we demonstrated that a distributed network (including the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex) was active when participants updated their initial representations (e.g., it's a cat) in a gradually morphing picture task (e.g., now it's a rabbit; Stöttinger et al., 2...

Research into Bayesian analysis of computer simulations has appeared mostly in the simulation literature. Very little of the work has been performed by decision analysts, despite the overlap of the methods used. The hope is that this expository survey on Bayesian simulation will engender more work in the area by decision analysts. We discuss the main areas of research performed thus far, includ...

A study was conducted to identify the most applicable area for youth to utilize the Personal Decision Aid (PDA). There are eight areas of decision making namely study, career, lifestyle, purchasing, friendship, politic, religion and marriage have been explored in this study. An online survey gathered from 80 respondents, age 18 to 24 years old to participate in the study. The main objectives of...

Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method is a powerful tool for understanding visualizing the causal relationships among factors in complex decision-making problems. The uses diagrams matrixes to map out interdependencies factors, allowing decision-makers identify key drivers potential solutions problem. DEMATEL has wide range of application areas, including supply chain...

Background Decentralisation aims to bring services closer to the community and has been advocated in the health sector to improve quality, access and equity, and to empower local agencies, increase innovation and efficiency and bring healthcare and decision-making as close as possible to where people live and work. Fiji has attempted two approaches to decentralisation. The current approach refl...

BACKGROUND Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is undeniably changing how drugs are developed, launched, priced, and reimbursed in the United States. But most organizations are still evaluating what CER can do for them and how and when they can utilize the data. A roundtable of stakeholders, including formulary decision makers, evaluated CER's possible effects on managed care organizations...

Perceptual decision making typically entails the processing of sensory signals, the formation of a decision, and the planning and execution of a motor response. Although recent studies in monkeys and humans have revealed possible neural mechanisms for perceptual decision making, much less is known about how the decision is subsequently transformed into a motor action and whether or not the deci...