Models for the prediction of user judgments from interaction data can be used in different contexts such as system quality assessment, monitoring of deployed systems, or as a reward function in learned dialog managers. Such models still show a considerable lack with respect to their generalizability [6]. This paper specifically addresses this issue. We propose to use a Mixture of Experts approa...

Although drivers of the performance key account management programs have been great interest to research and practice, on sales at individual level managers is scarce. Based survey data objective 1205 5818 salespeople, this study identifies manager's differences between regular salespeople's performance. Most importantly, project skills, use internal experts, creation communication customer val...

Manufacturing flexibility is the ability of a manufacturing system to cope with environmental changes effectively and efficiently. Most operation managers cannot provide exact numerical values to express opinions based on human perception due to ill defined and ambiguity of flexibility assessment. However, fuzzy logic provides a useful tool to deal with problems in which the phenomena are impre...

the aim of this research was to design and codify a development strategy for sport for all in kerman province. the statistical sample of this research consisted of 30 physical education professors of higher education institutes, physical education managers of academic board in sciences, research and technology ministry, physical education managers and experts, managers of sport clubs participat...

inadequate attention to the products having shelf life limitation leads to form a new branch of supply chain (sc) called cold chain (cc). cold chain management (ccm) is referred to handle activities related to perishable products. this research investigates the role of information technology (it) in improving the human resource efficiency, planning and logistic in the cc organizations. the numb...

As part of the European-Commission--funded STREAMES project, a system is being developed with the objective of capturing knowledge from water managers and environmental-science experts, regarding nutrients-excess effects in streams and of combining this knowledge into a user-friendly tool to assist water managers in evaluating streams’ nutrient-retention capabilities. In this paper, we summariz...

the purpose of this research was to design and codify a development strategy for athletic sport in sistan & baluchestan province. the statistical sample of this research consisted of 30 (21 men and 9 women) physical education professors of higher educational institutes, physical education managers of academic board in sciences, researches and technology ministry, physical education managers and...

the purpose of this study is to recognize and categorize the barriers for implementing human resources strategy in “khorasan regional electric company”. q-methodology has been applied as a mixed method in this study. 30 managers and experts of “khorasan regional electric company” have taken part in filling up the questionnaire in this study. developing concourse, evaluating and summarizing the ...

introduction: non-integrated health information has forced health sector to utilize information and communication technology (ict). national health information infrastructure (nhii) integrates clinical and health information, decreases medical errors as well as costs, and increases patient’s safety. thus, this article aimed to review the feasibility of nhii implementation in iran from perspecti...