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Free Download Decision Making in Healthcare Systems
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031467345 | 661 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 25 MB
This book chooses the topic which is due to the editors’ experience in modeling projects in healthcare systems. Also, the transfer of experiences is the reason why mathematical modeling and decision making in the field of health are not given much attention. To this end, the new aspect of this book is the lack of reference needed to carry out projects in the field of health for researchers whose main expertise is not modeling. Students of health, mathematics, management, and industrial engineering fields are in the direct readership with this book. Different projects in the field of healthcare systems can use the topics presented in different chapters mentioned in this book.

Free Download Aristotle on Truth, Dialogue, Justice and Decision
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031454847 | 268 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3 MB
In this thought-provoking book, you’ll find timeless questions explored through a fresh lens. First delving into the profound significance of Socrates’ dialogical method and the inescapable nature of conflict, it ponders the rational capacities of humanity in terms of establishing harmonious communities. But this isn’t merely a philosophical debate; it’s a pragmatic exploration of real-world challenges.

Free Download David R. Smith, "Structured Decision Making: Case Studies in Natural Resource Management "
English | ISBN: 1421437562 | 2020 | 288 pages | PDF | 32 MB
Provides and analyzes real examples of how structured decision making (SDM) can help solve complex problems involving natural resources.

Free Download Social Network Large-Scale Decision-Making: Developing Decision Support Methods at Scale and Social Networks by Zhijiao Du , Sumin Yu
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 157 Pages | ISBN : 9819977932 | 24.3 MB
This book focuses on the following three key topics in social network large-scale decision-making: structure-heterogeneous information fusion, clustering analysis with multiple measurement attributes, and consensus building considering trust loss. To address the aggregation and distance measurement of structure-heterogeneous evaluation information, we propose a fusion method based on trust and behavior analysis. Then, two clustering algorithms are put forward, including trust Cop-K-means clustering algorithm and compatibility distance-oriented off-center clustering algorithm. The above clustering algorithms emphasize the similarity of opinions and social relationships as important measurement attributes of clustering. Finally, this book explores the impact of trust loss originating from social relationships on the CRP and develops two consensus-reaching models, namely the improved minimum-cost consensus model that takes into account voluntary trust loss and the punishment-driven consensus-reaching model. Some case studies, a large number of numerical experiments, and comparative analyses are provided in this book to demonstrate the characteristics and advantages of the proposed methods and models.

Free Download Multicriteria Decision Making by G. Leitmann, A. Marzollo
English | PDF | 1975 | 384 Pages | ISBN : 3211813403 | 20.2 MB
A considerable amount of research has been devoted recently to Multicriteria Decision Making, stimulated by the vast number of real problems, for example in industrial, urban and agricultural economics, in the social sciences, and in the design of complex engineering systems, where many decision makers are present or many, possibly conflicting objectives should be taken into account in order to reach some form of optimality.

Free Download Large Group Decision Making: Creating Decision Support Approaches at Scale by Iván Palomares Carrascosa
English | EPUB (True) | 2018 | 132 Pages | ISBN : 3030010260 | 14.5 MB
This SpringerBrief provides a pioneering, central point of reference for the interested reader in Large Group Decision Making trends such as consensus support, fusion and weighting of relevant decision information, subgroup clustering, behavior management, and implementation of decision support systems, among others.

Free Download Hierarchical Decision Modeling: Essays in Honor of Dundar F. Kocaoglu by Tugrul U. Daim
English | PDF(True) | 2016 | 342 Pages | ISBN : 3319185578 | 7.8 MB
This volume, developed in honor of Dr. Dundar F. Kocaoglu, aims to demonstrate the applications of the Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM) in different sectors and its capacity in decision analysis. It is comprised of essays from noted scholars, academics and researchers of engineering and technology management around the world. This book is organized into five parts: Technology Policy Planning, Strategic Technology Planning, Technology Assessment, Application Extensions, and Methodology Extensions.

Free Download Governmental Automated Decision-Making and Human Rights: Reconciling Law and Intelligent Systems by Stefan Schäferling
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 312 Pages | ISBN : 3031481240 | 6.8 MB
With the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, governments are integrating AI technologies into administrative and even judicial decision-making, aiding and in some cases even replacing human decision-makers. Predictive policing, automated benefits administration, and automated risk assessment in criminal sentencing are but a few prominent examples of a general trend. While the turn towards governmental automated decision-making promises to reduce the impact of human biases and produce efficiency gains, reducing the human element in governmental decision-making also entails significant risks. This book analyses these risks through a comparative constitutional law and human rights lens, examining US law, German law, and international human rights law. It also highlights the structural challenges that automation poses for legal systems built on the assumption of exclusively human decision-making. Special attention is paid to the question whether existing law can adequately address the lack of transparency in governmental automated decision-making, its discriminatory processes and outcomes, as well as its fundamental challenge to human agency. Building on that analysis, it proposes a path towards securing the values of human dignity and agency at the heart of democratic societies and the rule of law in an increasingly automated world. This book will be of interest to researchers and scholars focusing on the evolving relationship of law and technology as well as human rights scholars. Further, it represents a valuable contribution to the debate on the regulation of artificial intelligence and the role human rights can play in that process.

Free Download Fuzzy Optimization, Decision-making and Operations Research: Theory and Applications by Chiranjibe Jana, Madhumangal Pal, Ghulam Muhiuddin, Peide Liu
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 753 Pages | ISBN : 3031356675 | 95.4 MB
After developing fuzzy set theory, many contributors focused their research on the extension of fuzzy sets and their computational methodologies, strengthening modern science and technology. In some real-life phenomena, the conventional methods and traditional fuzzy sets cannot be explained, whereas the extension of fuzzy sets and effective new computing methods can explain it adequately.

Free Download Exploring the Criminal Decision Process: Rational Choice, Irrational Behaviour? by Rachael Steele
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 241 Pages | ISBN : 3031462300 | 3.1 MB
The book provides a thorough investigation and overview of the decision making process that individuals may (or may not) go through when proceeding to commit a crime. Drawing on interviews with real offenders and conducted in a novel way, this book includes quotes throughout which make their decision making and emotional processes relatable to the reader. It examines a range of offences from petty theft to murder and includes both male and female offenders. Based on various iterations of the rational choice theories of crime, this book examines the relevance of these theories in real offending situations and the influence of emotion and context on these decisions. Finally, it explores how understanding the decision making process of committing offences can inform criminal justice practice.