The TNM classification system was developed as a tool for physicians to stage different types of cancer based on standard criteria, according to a common language of cancer staging. Staging reports are usually performed by oncologists but sometimes are also done by physicians not specialized in this area. In this paper, it is presented a multi-agent system to support group decision that helps m...

We propose a utility revision mechanism for persuasion among Java-based agents in the Group Choice Design Support System (GCDSS). The GCDSS helps a group decision to make a reasonable choice from alternatives. In the GCDSS, agents negotiate with each other on behalf of their users. The GCDSS is written in the Java language with IBM's Aglets Software Development Kit (ASDK). By using the Java lan...

Assessment of projects with multiple criteria is very common in education and business organizations. This paper reports the use of fuzzy set theory for assessment of students' projects in an education setting. The whole assessment process includes four stages, namely generation of basic assessment criteria, selection of assessment criteria, determination of assessment criteria weights, and fuz...

This work presents some issues concerning the utilization of the AGAP system (Aid to Groups of Analysis and evaluation of Projects). The AGAP is a group decision support system (GDSS) that was developed (at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra) as a distributed system allowing multiple decision makers to cooperate in order to evaluate and select investment projects. This work r...

the management and analysis of flood hazards is of great socio- economic and ecological importance as it was estimated that 50 percent of word’s population resides and works within the costal zone till 2030. the management of coastal flood hazard reflects the cumulative effects and criteria more than the human mind can handle effectively. the flood management requires decision making for rela...

making decision has become one of the most challenging responsibilities of managers in recent decades. finding the optimum solution for multiple criteria decision making problems is complicated. notably, multiplicity of decision making indices accompanied by variability in quantitative and qualitative measures aggregates the complexity of decisions. operations research (or) and multiple criteri...

An integrated interactive menu driven software MCDMGDSS was developed to consider multicriterion analysis in group decision making environment. The capability of MCDMGDSS is demonstrated with the case study of Chaliyar river basin planning problem, Kerala, India to find the most suitable configuration of the reservoirs. Eight alternatives are analysed with respect to six noncommensurable discre...

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university course timetabling problem is a serious challenge for the academic managers in each semester. because of a vast number of constraints and the complexity of relationship among the constraints, the problem is known to be of hard class. in this paper, a decision support system is proposed to assist the decision makers in solving the university course timetabling. the proposed system pro...