background the inclusion of cost-effectiveness data, as a basis for priority setting rankings, is a distinguishing feature in the formulation of the swedish national guidelines. guidelines are generated with the direct intent to influence health policy and support decisions about the efficient allocation of scarce healthcare resources. certain medical conditions may be given higher priority ran...

background: landfills are the most important producers of methane as human source. so, prediction of landfill gas generation is by far the most important concern of scientists, decision makers, and landfill owners as well as health authorities. almost all the currently used models are based on monod equation first order decay rate which is experimental while the main purpose of this research is...

Social interaction (peer) effects are recognized as a potentially important factor in the diffusion of new products. In the case of environmentally friendly goods or technologies, both marketers and policy makers are interested in the presence of causal peer effects due to the social spillovers that can expedite adoption. We study the diffusion of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels in California, a...

In this paper, a new soft computing group decision method based on the concept of compromise ratio is introduced for determining decision makers (DMs)' weights through the group decision process under uncertainty. In this method, preferences and judgments of the DMs or experts are expressed by linguistic terms for rating the industrial alternatives among selected criteria as well as the relativ...

We tackle the problem of providing engineering decision makers with relevant information extracted from data obtained via a process model based on deliberation and voting. We list examples of potential applications from the area of bug-fix scheduling for software, as well as space-vehicles “go”-“no-go” decision making. In such application domains, important decisions have to be made hastily and...

Abstract The advancements of technology have allowed digital transformation to reach all productive sectors, including the education sector and its members. This is linked emerging technologies, digitalization processes resources, demand for users upgrade latest technological updates. research aims analyze media literacy publications that impact higher education. Its purpose identify types topi...