Ben-Tal and Teboulle [Management Sci., 32 (1986), pp. 1445--1466] introduce the concept of optimized certainty equivalent (OCE) an uncertain outcome as maximum present value a combination cash to be taken out from income at expected utility remaining income. In this paper, we consider two variations OCE. First, modified OCE by maximizing so that combined quantity is in unified value. Second, si...

Annalisa Coliva (Int J Study Skept 10(3–4):346–366, 2020) asks, “Are there mathematical hinges?” I argue here, against Coliva’s own conclusion, that are. further claim this affirmative answer allows a case to be made for taking the concept of hinge useful and general-purpose tool studying practice in its real complexity. Seeing how Wittgenstein can, why he would, countenance hinges additionally...

Supplier selection is one of the influential decisions for effectiveness of purchasing and manufacturing policies under competitive conditions of the market. Regarding the fact that decision makers (DMs) consider conflicting criteria for selecting suppliers, multiple-criteria programming is a promising approach to solve the problem. This paper develops a nadir compromise programming (NCP) model...

purpose: satisfaction is the result of a process; to assess satisfaction, the care recipients’ experiences of the services received should be understood and efforts should be made to understand how these experiences have formed that satisfaction.the purpose was to understand the processes of satisfaction with nursing care in parents of hospitalized children.methods: the present grounded theory ...