In [13], we proposed that there are three kinds of negative relations which contradictory negative relation, opposite negative relation and medium negative relation in fuzzy information, and that defined a new fuzzy set FSCOM with contradictory negation, opposite negation and medium negation. In order to show applicability of FSCOM, this paper apply FSCOM to fuzzy decision making in an actual e...

aggregation operators (aos) have been studied by many schol- ars. as many aos are proposed, there is still lacking approach to classify the categories of ao, and to select the appropriate ao within the ao candidates. in this research, each ao can be regarded as a cognitive style or individual dierence. a cognitive style and aggregation operator (csao) model is pro- posed to analyze the mapping ...

introduction: to run a hospital effectively, managers need to have proper decision-making strategies. the managers' decision-making strategies and the staff's job satisfaction are two major factors that allow the manager to achieve the planned objectives. therefore, in this paper, these two factors were studied. methods and materials: it was a descriptive study in which the population of the st...

Understanding the policy cycle, as well as scrutinizing the text of hidden and obvious policies and rules, requires a model of discourse analysis based on which discursive ap-proaches of policy makers are understood and estimated. However, when it comes to presenting a policy model, we have to use the views of policy theorists to see how a problem as a "public goods" can be found in the policy ...

Decision making activities stress data and information quality requirements. The quality of data sources is frequently very poor, therefore a cleansing process is required before using such data for decision making processes. When alternative (and more trusted) data sources are not available data can be cleansed only using business rules derived from domain knowledge. Business rules focus on fi...

We identify outstanding challenges for intelligent support of group decision-making. Decision-making is a multidisciplinary term. Technology for large group decision making is undergoing significant advancement with the widespread use of social networks and online decision support tools. Manual rules that govern traditional face-to face meetings need to be adapted to suit virtual meetings where...

various traditional and industrial coke making techniques were discussed based on their limitations and production capacities, and the criteria such as the quality and size of coke production, amount of coke crumb, amount of investment, amount of operational costs, labor force and mechanization. in this work, the rankings of various traditional and industrial coke making techniques were carried...

The study of collective decision making system has become the central part of the SwarmIntelligence Related research in recent years. The most challenging task of modelling a collective decision making system is to develop the macroscopic stochastic equation from its microscopic model. In this report we have investigated the behaviour of a collective decision making system with specified micros...

Ensemble methods have become very well known for being powerful pattern recognition algorithms capable of achieving high accuracy. However, Ensemble methods produces learners that are not comprehensible or transferable thus making them unsuitable for tasks that require a rational justification for making a decision. Rule Extraction methods can resolve this limitation by extracting comprehensibl...