The gain and the speech-recognition performance obtained for behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids selected by different prescriptive methods was compared. The three prescriptive methods examined were the NAL-revised method, the Memphis State or COX method, and the POGO-II procedure. Twelve subjects had hearing aids and earmolds selected to match the prescription made by each method. Once selected,...

In model-driven engineering (MDE), models are mostly used in prescriptive ways for system engineering. While prescriptive models are indeed an important ingredient to realize a system, for later phases in the systems’ lifecycles additional model types are beneficial to use. Unfortunately, current MDE approaches mostly neglect the information upstream in terms of descriptive models from operatio...

An alternative to the Nash Equilibrium (NE) is presented for two-person, one-shot prescriptive games in normal form, where the outcome is determined by an arbiter. The NE is the fundamental solution concept in noncooperative game theory. It is based on the assumption that players are completely selfish. However, NEs are often not played in practice, so we present a cooperative dual as an altern...

Ground delay programs (GDPs) comprise the main interventions to optimize flight operations in congested air traffic networks. The core GDP objective is minimize delays, but this may not result optimal outcomes for passengers—especially with connecting itineraries. This paper proposes a novel passenger-centric optimization approach GDPs by balancing and passenger delays large-scale For tractabil...

Traditional robots [Siegwart, 2004] rely for their function on computing to store internal representations of their goals and environment and to coordinate sensing and any actuating of components required in response. Moving robotics to the single-molecule level is possible in principle, but faces the limited ability of individual molecules to store complex information and programs. One strateg...

The importance of making good decisions is well-known in the business world and the perception of decision making as rational choice is the most common view. The amount of information involved in many decision making situations has increased dramatically in recent years and support of some kind is often needed. Consequently, fields like Business Intelligence (BI) and Decision Support Systems (D...

This article seeks to compare the schools of strategic management in three paradigms, especially descriptive and schools, considers integrated as a combination other two types schools. In this article, achieve goal, we first try explain concepts management, model, theory, approach, school paradigm management. Then, using qualitative comparative research method type close comparison, researcher ...

Over the past decade, parent advocacy groups led a grassroots movement resulting in most states adopting dyslexia-specific legislation, with many mandating use of Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction. is direct, explicit, multisensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive for students or at risk word-level disabilities (WLRD). Evidence from prior synthesis What Works...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...