context-dependent modeling is a well-known approach to increase modeling accuracy in continuous speech recognition. the most common way to implement this approach is via triphone modeling. nevertheless, the large number of such models results in several problems in model training, whilst the robust training of such models is often hardly obtained. one approach to solve this problem is via param...

introduction: one of the types of hospital management information systems is decision support information system (dsis). this system uses decision-making models and databases for preparing specific information to support their semi-structured or unstructured decisions. the present study aimed to design a decision dsis model for board of trustees of ayatollah kashani hospital, shahrekord, iran. ...

Because there are so many variables for teachers to consider when making decisions about teaching and learning, it is essential that they have a conceptual base for understanding Saskatchewan's Core Curriculum and a framework for understanding the levels associated with instructional decision making. This chapter deals first with the conceptual base and instructional framework, then goes on to ...

The Water Framework Directive requires the assessment of the ecological status of transitional waters considering the fish component. An original methodology, based on a pressure-impact approach, was established to develop a multimetric fish-based index to characterize the ecological quality of French estuaries. An index of contamination, based on the chemical pollution affecting aquatic system...

In assessing the relative efficiency of decision-maker units by classical Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models, the status of the data is determined from the input or output points of views. In real issues, there are some data whose statuses are debatable. Some decision making units consider them as input to achieve higher efficiency while some other decision making units consider them ...

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a wide range of mathematical models that used for measuring the relative efficiency of a set of harmonic units whit similar inputs and outputs. this model calculates some different weight for input and output variables in each decision making model. this variation in similar weights caused some critiques to this method. from 1991 some linear and nonlinear mode...