Recent interest has centred on the role of the Left Inferior Frontal Gyrus (LIFG) in the processes that operate on conceptual knowledge. Thompson-Schill et al (1997) have proposed that the LIFG is involved in selection of appropriate information among competing semantic alternatives rather than retrieval of semantic information. This hypothesis was supported by an fMRI study, in which LIFG acti...

We deal with the multi-attribute decision problem with sequentially presented decision alternatives. Our decision model is based on the assumption that the decision-maker has a major attribute that must be “optimized” and minor attributes that must be “satisficed”. In the vendor selection problem, for example, the product price could be themajor factor that should be optimized, while the produc...

With the growing demand and commercial availability of cloud services, the need for comparison of their functionality against different prices and performance has arisen. A relevant and fair comparison is still challenging due to diverse deployment options and dissimilar features of different services. This paper addresses a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making model involving the selection of...

The survey methodological paper addresses a glance to a general decision support platform technology for modular systems (modular/composite alterantives/solutions) in various applied domains. The decision support platform consists of seven basic combinatorial engineering frameworks The following is described: (1) general scheme of the decision support platform technology; (2) brief descriptions...

Statistical Ranking and Selection (R&S) is a collection of experiment design and analysis techniques for selecting the system with the largest or smallest mean performance from among a finite set of alternatives. R&S procedures have received considerable research attention in the stochastic simulation community, and they have been incorporated in commercial simulation software. All existing pro...

Supply chain management (SCM) has gradually evolved beyond the straightforward logic of benefits and economic viewpoints. Supplier selection performance evaluation are crucial strategic components any SCM system with a substantial impact risk reduction. Several conflicting factors make supplier challenging multi-criteria decision-making problem. This paper introduces method called alternative r...

What levels of preinternship training in testing and psychotherapy do internship directors expect students to have as they enter internship? This study addressed the question by surveying internship directors of all members of the Association of Postdoctoral and Internship Centers and asking them to specify the numbers of testing and psychotherapy experiences they believe an intern candidate sh...

When we speak, we constantly retrieve and select words for production in the face of multiple possible alternatives. Our ability to respond in such underdetermined situations is supported by left ventrolateral prefrontal cortical (VLPFC) regions, but there is active debate about whether these regions support (1) selection between competing alternatives, (2) controlled retrieval from semantic me...