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Simulation Programs
In this chapter we present some of the GPSS programs used in Chaps. 9–26. We had to omit many programs in order to keep this chapter. less that 20...
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Queuing II: No One-Step Calculations
In this chapter we will study the fuzzy system shown in Fig. 5.1 now reproduced as Fig. 9.1. This example was adapted from an example in [1]. The...
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Project Network Model
The project network diagram is in Fig. 26.1. This problem is modelled after an example in [2]. The project consists of various jobs that must be...
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Simulation
Now we come to the point were we need to select simulation software to do all the crisp simulations staring in Chap. 7. The author is not an expert...
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Fuzzy Estimation
sThe first thing to do is explain how we will get fuzzy numbers, and fuzzy probabilities, from a set of confidence intervals which will be...
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5 Managing the Unexpected: Complexity as Distributed Sensemaking
In 1998 the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a statement of their strategy entitled “Preventing Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Strategy...
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16 Transforming Your Regional Economy through Uncertainty and Surprise: Learning from Complexity Science, Network Theory and the Field
The field of regional development blossomed in the last decade, as researchers and practitioners increasingly asserted that the region was the most...
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15 The Fundamental Uncertainty of Business: Real Options
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the manner in which uncertainty is currently evaluated in business, with an emphasis on economic measures. In...
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10 An Introduction to the Mathematics and Meaning of Chaos
It is a pleasure for me to be here, both to talk and to listen. I thank Curt Lindberg and the other organizers for this opportunity. It has been a...
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13 Medical Errors and Microsystems: The Best Things Cannot Be Told
The best things cannot be told Because they transcend all thought. The...
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14 Organization and Leadership in Hospitals
Good Morning. I was surprised yesterday morning after listening to Karl Weick’s wonderful presentation to find myself thinking that I should be...
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Multimedia Communication System for the Blind
A Multimedia communication system for blind users is developed. The system is named MIMIZU and its terminal is composed of a refreshable tactile...
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Gait Training System for Computer-aided Rehabilitation
This Gait Training system is designed to simulate the effects of gait training in a swimming pool. The weight of the subject is supported by a...
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Electronic Locomotion Aids for the Blind: Towards More Assistive Systems
This chapter first presents a review of existing locomotion assistance devices for the blind. These devices are merely proximeters, that measure the...
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11 The Social Construction of Uncertainty in Healthcare Delivery
We explore the following question: How would healthcare delivery be different if uncertainty were widely recognized, accurately diagnosed, and...
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18 Uncertainty and Surprise: Ideas from the Open Discussion
Approximately one hundred participants met for three days at a conference entitled “Uncertainty and Surprise: Questions on Working with the...
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Audio Fingerprinting: Concepts And Applications
An audio fingerprint is a unique and compact digest derived from perceptually relevant aspects of a recording. Fingerprinting technologies allow the...
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An Efficient Information Retrieval Method for Brownfield Assessment with Sparse Data*
Environmental site investigations are carried out prior to the reclamation of industrially contaminated sites. In this study, an information...
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Efficient ReasoningWith FuzzyWords
Dealing with coarse granular information is very attractive for several reasons: 1. The number of details in an application might be so large that...
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Soft Computing Models for Network Intrusion Detection Systems
Security of computers and the networks that connect them is increasingly becoming of great significance. Computer security is defined as the...