A. E. Dorrance, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Wooster 44691; D. A. Inglis and M. L. Derie, Washington State University, Mount Vernon-Research and Extension Unit, 16650 State Route 536, Mount Vernon 98273-9761; C. R. Brown, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Irrigated Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Prosser, WA 99350; S...

In many real applications, the data of production processes can't be precisely measured.We develop some fuzzy versions of the classical DEA models (in particular, the CCRmodel) by using some ranking methods based on the comparison of cuts. Our approachescan be seen as an extension of the DEA methodology. The provides users and practitionerswith models which represent some real life processes mo...

As the leading cause of death in the Western world, cardiovascular disease (CVD) constitutes an enormous public health problem.1 The last 4 decades have been characterized chiefly by the postponement of CVD events and CVD related deaths until older age. Thus, the burden of CVD is increasing in parallel with the increase in life expectancy.2 Within this context, identifying persons with CVD, mea...