A multicriteria decision making method using aggregation operators for simplified neutrosophic sets

... Auerbach C: Qualitative data: an introduction to coding and analysis New York: New York University Press; 2003 Pope C, Ziebland S, Mays N: Qualitative research in healthcare Analysing qualitative ... associated with patients and physicians in the setting of colorectal cancer in Canada or elsewhere We interviewed Ontario colorectal cancer patients who varied by age, gender, and sta...

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... to achieve patient- centred care [9,10] and has been shown to significantly increase patient knowledge, improve patient satisfaction with medical care and quality of life, and reduce anxiety and ... Pratap S: Methods to increase response to postal and electronic questionnaires Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009 Strauss A: Basics of qualitative research Thousand Oaks, Cali...

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... approach, and Logical Decisions Portfolio implements the two approaches Section introduces PROBE Portfolio Robustness Evaluation, a new decision support system for multicriteria portfolio analysis ... 2041-4668 (Online) PROBE A multicriteria decision support system for portfolio robustness evaluation João Carlos Lourenço1 and Carlos A Bana e Costa1,2 CEG-IST...

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... image authentication However, these two methods have a drawback that the capacity of data hiding is still limited Proposed Method The proposed inverse halftoning method based on reversible data hiding ... displays the LUT information and structure and is denoted as LH (LUT data header) 3.3 Overhead Information and Data Embedding The overhead information includes two ki...

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... shares and each participant holds one share Later, if r = shares are received, the secret image can be revealed If less than shares are received, then no information about the secret image can ... developed a secret image sharing method based on the Galois field It has the advantage of producing small shadow images but does not have the progressive transmission capability In...

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... target coverage and normal tissue sparing if the breathing pattern was irregular during fractional treatments, we recalculated the AppD in each phase of the repeat 4D datasets based on the plans designed ... we refer to true 4D planning (t4Dplan) method, for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) using 4D CT datasets to maximize critical structure sparing In traditiona...

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... FUZZY MODELING FOR MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY WANG WEI (B.Eng., XI’AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ... Obviously, uncertainty always exists in the human world Fuzzy set theory is a perfect means for modeling imprecision, vagueness, and subjectiveness of information With the application of fuzzy set .....

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... the classical meanvariance MPT framework: a unique and rigorous fuzzy strategic asset allocation (FSAA) and a unique and rigorous fuzzy tactical asset allocation (FTAA) Both the FSAA and FTAA should ... Jones Lang Lasalle Real Estate Intelligence-Asia office-sector dataset in order to integrate the fuzzy decisionmaking approach with the classical Markowitz’s asset a...

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... drop packets with the parameters of average packet loss rate (PB ) and average burst packet loss length (LB ) In Good-state, a packet is dropped with the probability of 0, while in Badstate, a packet ... IP packets to the packet mapping control EM The packet mapping control EM first identifies the packet using appropriate classification criteria (e.g., video frame/layer...

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... framework analysis [23]) Consequently, our method illustrates the potential both for innovation by synthesis in qualitative analysis, and for qualitative methods to be flexible and adaptable to research ... via application of a coding frame, developed from a broad thematic analysis of a subset of data, to extract data excerpts warranting further analysis Identifying areas of int...

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... main analysis phase This involves systematically reducing data via application of a coding frame, developed from a broad thematic analysis of a subset of data, to extract data excerpts warranting ... require a pluralistic methodological approach We have evaluated existing qualitative methodologies and techniques for their usefulness for the EiR study, and developed a method f...

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... Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2009, 51:36 Background Files with information on animal disease have a variety of applications at both the herd and national level, including monitoring the incidence ... the aim was to reveal perceptions and reasoning behind generation of data and to describe the interaction and relations between the recording of metritis scores and...

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... MFIs amongst lower income populations The data was tabulated and analyzed through qualitative analysis of the gathered data, which reveal the behaviors and decision making patterns in lower income ... sound influence on behavioral and attitudinal aspects of individuals An in- depth analysis in each of the broad parameters revealed the following: Educational Fa...

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... home-based art career included graphic design, and teaching recreational drawing and painting classes As supervisor of her community’s recreational art department, Brenda hired and trained teachers, ... invaluable tool for planning a composition, and can be used for portraits, figures, landscapes, or any other drawing subjects You can easily make a viewfinder frame with some m...

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