building a decision support system in excel

... rotation (45 years) and thinnings that are designed so as to maintain a constant and relatively low basal area after each cycle (15 m3 ha−1 ) The rotation of scenario is fixed to 60 years As for ... dominant height, Age is the age of the stand (in years), a, c, d and p are the fixed parameters of the model, and bi is a variable parameter related to the stand site index (dominant height reached ... parameters and are arranged in the payoff matrix (Tab IV) In the first step, all indicators are weighted equally The thresholds are set according to the observed evaluations and the estimated inaccuracy...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... and a hazard spreading inside it Civilians are located inside each floor of the building When the simulation begins, each civilian tries to evacuate and starts moving towards an exit In the case ... will take into account This research was undertaken as part of the ALADDIN (Autonomous Learning Agents for Decentralised Data and Information Networks) project and is jointly funded by a BAE Systems ... occupancy patterns, including cases where civilians are located near the hazard when it starts spreading Hazard spreading: The spreading rate of the hazard also differs between consecutive simulation...

Ngày tải lên: 07/12/2013, 11:41

... and plan for a strategy in educational management of organizations in Vietnam and Asia [3] However, there are no DSS applications to apply a real case in the domain of an evaluation and a strategic ... factors because of an insufficient international standard resources For instance, lack of funding, good staffs and good instructors are significant factor to mainly affect a model 3.2 Application ... for COE in higher education In this case, it is necessary to drop almost traditional educational management methods To adapt rapidly the teaching, learning methods and total quality management...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 14:20

... onto data in the correct form and type CADSS has the ability, as well as carrying out algorithmic processing, to operate with uncertain data or ranges of data Data can be provided in many forms ... 1.8.3 Decision- Making All managerial activities revolve around decision- making, which is a process of choosing among alternative courses of action for attaining goals (Moore and 11 Tomas, 1976; ... investigating and analyzing these problems and arriving at an optimum decision The decision making tool is formulated as a guideline for decision- makers, so that they can make consistent decisions...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 10:22

... Zadeh in 1965 It explains fuzziness existing in a human thinking process using fuzzy values instead of using a crisp or binary value Use of fuzzy logic in medical informatics has begun in the early ... diagnosis/classification tasks in the medical domain Montani et al (2001) has combined case-based reasoning, rule-based reasoning (RBR), and model-based reasoning to support therapy for diabetic ... significance in applying CBR and other artificial intelligence techniques in medical domain FEATURES EXTRACTION AND CASE FORMULATION Extracting appropriate features is of great importance in performing...

Ngày tải lên: 07/12/2013, 11:41

... scorecard is a tool that can help translate visions and strategies into an integrated set of performance and action Kaplan and Norton (1992) introduced The balanced scorecard concept as a strategic ... and innovation.” A strategic planning study such as balanced scorecard is very useful from vision to action Kaplan and Norton (1996) state that ‘‘the balanced scorecard translates an organization’s ... vision was determined by using a balanced scorecard project A management consultant managed the balanced scorecard project and the top management supported this strategic management application...

Ngày tải lên: 07/12/2013, 11:41

... preference information In C .A Bana e Costa, ed Readings in Multiple Criteria Decision Aid Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 351382 Bana e Costa, C .A. , 2001 The use of multi-criteria decision analysis to support ... Prioritisation of public investments in social infrastructures using multicriteria value analysis and decision conferencing: A case study International Transactions in Operational Research, 13(4), ... Algorithm FindCandidates( , p*) Algorithm FindCandidates p that may be non-dominated by p* given an uncertainty domain The candidate portfolios p are stored in matrix mCP initialization c p*...

Ngày tải lên: 07/12/2013, 11:41

... components and metacontent in one place makes them easier to maintain, track, and find It also provides a more secure way of storing your data Having your data localized means you have a smaller area ... running Mac OS X; or even a mainframe running MVS—as long as it can support a standard Web browser Adding or removing a person from your editorial staff is as easy as adding or removing his password ... such as drop-down links or fancy animation can be achieved using scripting language, and they add some flair to a normally boring part of the page (Chapter 11 looks at another way of handling NavBars...

Ngày tải lên: 10/12/2013, 14:15

... created It also has the advantage of being owned and operated by a company that knows a thing or two about always-on availability! Those reasons alone make it a great place for a new IT infrastructure ... common tasks—including setting up a VPN server—it is highly likely that someone has already done it and saved a snapshot of their running instance as an Amazon Machine Instance (AMI) That means if ... 10.8.0.1 Instances created in Amazon EC2 automatically have a unique name assigned to them That’s all well and good, but you really want your instances to have names that mean something For example,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 08:20

... preferred a familiar Canadian measure, the CMSA This impairment measure divides arm and hand recovery into separate motor stages (1-7), allowing patients to be placed in similar bins as well as allowing ... Research Ethics Boards The Ministry of Health in Canada approved the system as a new class II medical device in Canada for investigational trials If the individuals met the inclusion criteria and ... Erlandson RF: Application of robotic/mechatronic systems in special education, rehabilitation therapy, and vocational training: A paradigm shift” IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... frontal left lobes of Alpha and Gamma2 band and central lobes of the Alpha band Alterations in the Alpha band are also expected since they are generally associated with problems in attention and ... the bivariate case and are calculated for each brain region (lobe) assuming again a preselected lobe scheme that contain grouped channel pairs instead of single channels The lobes (channel pair ... Tuunainen et al [5] have both analyzed spectral EEG changes in adult patients taking AEDs Salinsky in particular has considered four occipital EEG measures including the peak frequency, median...

Ngày tải lên: 19/06/2014, 08:20

... extensionists and 'champion' farmers who have been trained in sustainable soil management in this project Improved soil management will result in food security, an increase in living standards and a farming ... sustainable and profitable cropping is a soil-specific approach to soil management and nutrient inputs, with the latter including assessment of all locally available organic amendments and inorganic ... soils in association with a mobile lab to undertake analyses on farmer samples has real potential for extending sustainable land management practices throughout the country With funding assistance...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 04:20

... is unsuitable Unplanned and inappropriate land use Unsustainable management practices No soil maps of quality assessment Local policy Urbanization leads to decrease in cultivated area Gley soil ... training courses Improved knowledge of sustainable soil management Extend the length of the training course Training course has an important position in identifying and managing soil constraints ... usefulness as a decision support tool Analysis of local soil constraints to interest farmers Combination of training courses Transfer new technologies to farmers step by step Develop a training course...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 04:20

... Husain and E Tarafdar, “Fixed point theorems for multivalued mappings of nonexpansive type,” Yokohama Mathematical Journal, vol 28, no 1-2, pp 1–6, 1980 14 T Husain and A Latif, “Fixed points ... Theory and Applications point of TA is exactly the set A In particular, ρ-contractive-type maps may not have a unique fixed point As an application of the above theorem, we have the following result ... Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, vol 226, pp 257–290, 1977 A H Siddiqi and Q H Ansari, “An iterative method for generalized variational inequalities,” Mathematica Japonica, vol 34, no 3,...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 20:20

... adopted in Vietnam as a national agricultural initiative SCAMP assessment of local soils in association with a mobile lab to undertake analyses on farmer samples has tremendous potential for extending ... ratios of SCAMP treatments and Farmer Practice applied to maize at Gia Lai (Ferralsol) and Tay Ninh (Acrisol) 205 Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Program Documentation ... treatments with local farmer practice Maize was grown at both sites SCAMP treatments (balanced fertilisation using fertiliser ‘straights’ such as FMP and urea, and the application of locally available...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 12:20

... CA 94305-5479, USA, 4VA Palo Alto Pain Management Service VA Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University Medical School, 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1290, USA, 5Chronic Pain ... scenarios, management decisions, and alternative actions; a collection of situations that warrant warning messages; and declarative specification of the indications, contraindications, and dose ranges ... plus pain from noncancer-related causes, making it unclear whether the CPG was appropriate to apply ATHENA-OT issued a warning when the patient had cancer and indicated that system recommendations...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:22

... in decision- making in healthcare settings is often termed 'shared decisionmaking' [1-3] Shared decision- making as a goal for clinical consultations has been clearly distinguished from the traditional ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/73 Advancing DESI research We believe that a substantial barrier to advances in implementing shared decision- making in routine clinical care settings is the lack ... physician Communication is a dynamic process that involves a give and take between both parties involved [28] Methodological advances have been made in analyzing dyadic data to determine the relative...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... in decision- making in healthcare settings is often termed 'shared decisionmaking' [1-3] Shared decision- making as a goal for clinical consultations has been clearly distinguished from the traditional ... http://www.implementationscience.com/content/4/1/73 Advancing DESI research We believe that a substantial barrier to advances in implementing shared decision- making in routine clinical care settings is the lack ... physician Communication is a dynamic process that involves a give and take between both parties involved [28] Methodological advances have been made in analyzing dyadic data to determine the relative...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20