Decision making, whether by an individual or a group, can be substantially enhanced by a “systems thinking” approach. Because groups are often challenged to justify their decisions, it is necessary that they prepare themselves in advance for a possible challenge. We argue in this paper that this can to some extent be achieved through training the group in a “systems thinking” approach to decisi...

The study was based on 609 lepromatous patients registered at the Out-Patient Clinic of the Acworth Leprosy Hospital during the period, January, 1952 to December, 1962. The treatment period ranged from six months to eight years. The dapsone dosage for adults was 600 mg per week, and for children, below three years, between 4 and 10 years and between 11 and 15 years, the weckly doses respectivel...

Forms Two different abstract forms were developed for the pilot study: (1) a conventional form in which the entries were written in (exhibit C), and (2) a form in which appropriate spaces were blocked in for scanning by an IBM “reader” (exhibit D). The first form was assigned to 41 hospitals and the second to 43. The two forms were fairly evenly distributed among the hospitals by size, type of ...

In this study, we consider a critical challenge in architectural design methodology-methods of form making landform architecture. Based on the authors’ methodology, approaches and methods are specified systematized, depending algorithm form-making process basic principles building composition. The to making, including image-based, generative, functional determined. within framework image-based ...