AIM To systematically review, using a qualitative, narrative synthesis approach, papers examining alcohol industry efforts to influence alcohol marketing policy, and compare with those used by the tobacco industry. METHODS Literature searches were conducted between April and July 2011, and updated in March 2013. Papers were included if they: made reference to alcohol industry efforts to influ...

We derive qualitative relationships about the informational relevance of variables in graph­ ical decision models based on a considera­ tion of the topology of the models. Specifi­ cally, we identify dominance relations for the expected value of information on chance vari­ ables in terms of their position and relation­ ships in influence diagrams. The qualitative relationships can be harnessed ...

This paper proposes a partial implementation of an integrated Quality, Security and Environment management system [1] to deal with the definition of an appropriate global management plan. This implementation is based on the multi-objective influence diagrams [12] which are one of the most commonly used graphical decision models for reasoning under uncertainty with multiple objectives.

This paper examines how strategic posture in IT investment with respect to industry peers (i.e., level of IT investment compared to the industry norm for IT investments) and competitive environment influence IT investments of a firm. We synthesize prior literature on determinants of IT investments and competitive dynamics to develop our theoretical framework. Using archival data for about 380 f...

AIMS To identify prevalence of alcohol and drug use and intoxication at work. PARTICIPANTS A total of 9,828 Australian workers ≥14 years old. SETTING Australia 2007. MEASUREMENTS Work-place alcohol use and drug use, intoxication at work, industry and occupation of employment. DESIGN Secondary analysis of a large nationally representative survey involving descriptive and weighted multiva...

Using the mathematic techniques such as Fuzzy approach has useful outcomes for production planning in different sources. In this paper LGP1 was used to model the objectives such as: avoidance of shortage or surplus of demand, access to maximum of income, using the normal capacity of production and organizing the inventory of warehouse, within the framework of Goal constraints like balancing b...

The aim of the article is to show a stochastic approach for both modelling and optimizing the statistical agent belief in a probability model. Two networks are defined: a decision network D of the agent belief state and a utility network U, presenting the utility structure of the agent belief problem. The agent belief is presented via the following three items (B,D,U), where B is a Bayesian net...

Caste based endogamy is one of the main characteristics of traditional caste system practiced in rural Pakistan. Members of different quoms do not inter-marry or at least do not prefer to marry out of their quom. While social acceptance for inter quom marriages among different landowning quoms is increasing in Punjabi villages, inter marriages between landowning quoms and service providing quom...