The present work proposes a new logic-based safe switching technique, called here Stepwise Safe Switching. This technique is based on the description of the process with linear approximants which are valid in operating areas around a finite number of nominal operating points of the process. Switching takes place between common controllers for adjacent nominal operating points. Moreover, the swi...

OBJECTIVES To use a formal consensus method--the nominal group technique--for developing a clinical practice guideline to improve the diagnosis, needs assessment, and management of dementia at the primary/secondary care interface. To assess the usefulness of this method in an area where there is a dearth of clinical trials thus precluding an evidence-based approach. DESIGN A qualitative and i...

This article discusses the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) as an alternative strategy for proposing solutions to mental health problems according Islamic approach. technique has been applied by researchers provide among students. The findings of summary expert recommendations have identified a total 12 alternatives and methods in solving problems. In addition, study show that NGT helped obtain el...

The paper proposes a new frequency domain approach to the design of robust decentralized controllers (DC) for continuous-time systems described by a set of transfer function matrices. To guarantee the nominal stability and the prespecified nominal performance, the recently developed DC design technique (Kozáková and Veselý, 2003) has been applied, adapted so as to guarantee the robust M-∆  str...

Method Concept Mapping, a structured group process, was used to identify and organize components of the ‘physical limitation’ concept. Statements were generated through workshops with patients and through e-mail and an international web-based survey with health professionals. Ideas were elicited through a nominal group technique and organized using multidimensional scaling, hierarchical cluster...

OBJECTIVE To develop evaluation objectives for assessing competence in procedure skills using a key-features approach. This was part of a multiyear project to develop competency-based evaluation objectives for Certification in Family Medicine. DESIGN Nominal group technique. SETTING The College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont. PARTICIPANTS An expert group of 7 family ph...

The objective of this chapter is to examine and obtain a better understanding of practical issues that are a result of monitoring the health of structures in an uncontrolled field environment. The effects of external boundary and environmental condition changes and other structural variations on the impedance-based health monitoring technique are investigated. Examples of the factors that consi...