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.

Prior research has found that affect and affective imagery strongly influence public support for global warming. This article extends this literature by exploring the separate influence of discrete emotions. Utilizing a nationally representative survey in the United States, this study found that discrete emotions were stronger predictors of global warming policy support than cultural worldviews...

Decentralized POMDPs are powerful theoretical models for coordinating agents’ decisions in uncertain environments, but the generally-intractable complexity of optimal joint policy construction presents a significant obstacle in applying Dec-POMDPs to problems where many agents face many policy choices. Here, we argue that when most agent choices are independent of other agents’ choices, much of...

Title: Analyzing the sources and nature of influence: How the Avahan program used evidence to influence HIV/AIDS prevention policy in India

In theory, the IMF could influence fiscal and monetary policy via several channels, among them advice to policy makers, conditionality, and moral hazard it induces with the borrowers. This paper tries to disentangle those effects empirically. Using panel data for 98 countries over the period 1975-2000 it analyzes whether IMF involvement indeed influences fiscal and monetary policy in program co...

BACKGROUND Major investments by development partners in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often seek to develop a supportive policy environment. There is limited knowledge about the mechanisms that development partners use to influence government policy, or which mechanisms are effective. This study assessed the influence of Avahan, a large HIV/AIDS prevention program in India supported ...

Background Health policies are important instruments for improving population health. However, experience suggests that policies designed for the whole population do not always benefit the most vulnerable. Participation of vulnerable groups in the policy-making process provides an opportunity for them to influence decisions related to their health, and also to exercise their rights. This paper ...

The Research Aim is to design the implementation model of maternal and child health policy in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The Research Method is an Analytic Observational with cross sectional design. The total sample of the research is 235 with the technical research of Multistage random sampling by clusters on the islands of Flores, Sumba, Timor (including Sabu and Rote), and the District o...

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...