background and objectives: evaluating the performance of clinical units is critical for effective managementof health settings. certain assessment of clinical variables for performance analysis is not always possible,calling for use of uncertainty theory. this study aimed to develop and evaluate an integrated independentcomponent analysis-fuzzy-data envelopment analysis approach to accurate the...

detention rockfill dams are an easy and common tool for flood control. due to their coarse pores, the flow in void spaces is turbulent and non-darcy. different relationships introduced by researchers are used to define the hydraulics of the flow within the rockfill materials. the present research is aimed at gaining a better understanding of the differ-ence among these relationships and the sou...

Scalar anisotropy indices are important means for the analysis and visualization of diffusion tensor fields. While the propagation of uncertainty and errors has been studied for a variety measures, this chapter additionally considers the extraction of isosurfaces from anisotropy fields. We use the numerical condition to estimate the uncertainty propagation from the DT’s eigenvalues via fraction...

Considering that excessive sample data points are needed in the probabilistic method, in this paper, two non-probabilistic methods are proposed for uncertainty quantification and propagation analysis based on the Gray mathematical theory and the information entropy theory. These two methods can give the interval estimation of true value from the framework of non-probabilistic theory under the c...

We propose a formal treatment of scenarios in the context of a dialectical argumentation formalism for qualitative reasoning about uncertain propositions. Our formalism extends prior work in which arguments for and against uncertain propositions were presented and compared in interaction spaces called Agoras. We now define the notion of a scenario in this framework and use it to define a set of...

To study the effect of boundaries on diffusion of new products, we introduce two novel analytic tools: The indifference principle, which enables us to explicitly compute the aggregate diffusion on various networks, and the dominance principle, which enables us to rank the diffusion on different networks. Using these principles, we prove our main result that on a finite line, one-sided diffusion...

An experimental analysis of on-wafer S-parameter uncertainties is presented. Recently, two different approaches, based either on differential numerical programming or on a fully analytical solution have been introduced. In order estabilish their suitability, a careful comparison is here given for on-wafer meaurements. Through this comparison, possible limitations and causes of errors are also h...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is one of non-parametric methods for evaluating efficiency of each unit. Limited resources in healthcare economy is the main reason in measuring efficiency of hospitals. In this study, a bootstrap interval data envelopment analysis (BIRDEA) is proposed for measuring the efficiency of hospitals affiliated with the Hamedan University of Medical Sciences. The propos...