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Biomedical Decision Making: Probabilistic Clinical Reasoning
After reading this chapter, you should know the answers to these questions:...
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Making and validating complex decisions with the AHP/ANP
Several examples that serve to validate the AHP/ANP with matrices hierarchies and networks are given in this paper. They are then followed by a...
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An Introduction to Collective Intelligence
Collective intelligence is a term applied to any situation in which individuals in some community indirectly influence the behaviour of their fellows...
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Computer-Assisted Learning and the Dissemination of Organisational Research
A computer-assisted learning package has been developed in an attempt to tackle some of the difficulties of disseminating research findings into...
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Integrated Assessment
Integrated Assessment (IA) has been a rapidly evolving field during the last decade. This does not imply that Integrated Assessment is something new....
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Risk
Risk refers to debates about the possibility that something might go wrong. Risks are rooted in human behaviour1, or in natural surprises or extreme...
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MSA/MSD Cycle - Manufacturing
Following the structure of MSA and MSD task frames as presented in Chapter 4, this chapter specifies the functionality and procedures to...
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Implementing Electronic Commerce in SMEs — Three Case Studies
In recent times electronic commerce has been accepted as a bona fide business practice in the commercial world. However, most research and news...
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Effective practices in design transfer
The notion of transferring existing design solutions to new design problems is a basic one. Transfer provides a means of tackling increasing...
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Dedication — The Culture of Private Communication in a Realm of Uncertainty
When authors write articles on “multimedia” their recipe usually seems to be confined but still diverse, but the ingredients tend to be more or less...
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The Determinants of Trust and Credibility in Environmental Risk Communication: An Empirical Study
A major factor determining outcomes in environmental controversies is the trust and credibility of organizations involved in the debate. Given the...
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science was founded in 1848 and incorporated in 1874. Its objectives are to further the work of...
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Design
This chapter aims to:...
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An electrical cable is one or more conductors surrounded by an insulating medium and a protective sheath. Such cables are used for the transmission...
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Cost Analysis of Solar Power Plants
The factors influencing the desirability of solar power plants (SPPs), and of SPP investment decisions, will be discussed in this chapter. The...
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Methodological problems associated with the Use of the Delphi technique
In this article some of the methodological problems associated with using the Delphi technique for the development of a Firesafety Evaluation...
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Insurance Market Assessment of Technological Risks
Market risk assessments (MRAs) are defined as probability and consequence products, estimated by parties with substantial financial interests in the...