Cost–Benefit Analysis of Scan-vs-BIM-Based Quality Management
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and building information modeling (BIM) play an important role as smart construction technologies introduced to increase productivity in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. However, these smart
Taewan Kim+4 more
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Progressive Entity Matching via Cost Benefit Analysis
Entity matching (EM) is a fundamental problem in data preprocessing, and is a long running topic in big data analytics and mining communities. In big data era, (nearly) real-time data applications become popular, and call for progressive EM, which ...
Chenchen Sun+3 more
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The cost of kidney dialysis in hospitals affiliated to Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2016 [PDF]
Introduction: The first step for cost-benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness and ultimately to formulate the operational budgeting is cost analysis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the cost of kidney dialysis services in hospitals affiliated to ...
Frdin Gharibi+4 more
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Cost-Benefit Analysis in Reasoning
An individual’s decision to reason about a problem may involve a trade-off between cognitive costs and a notion of value. This paper analyzes the primitive properties that must hold for the decision to stop thinking to be represented by a cost-benefit ...
L. Alaoui, Antonio Penta
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Cost-benefit analysis of haemodialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease in Abuja, Nigeria [PDF]
Background Significant gaps in scholarship on the cost-benefit analysis of haemodialysis exist in low-middle-income countries, including Nigeria. The study, therefore, assessed the cost-benefit of haemodialysis compared with comprehensive conservative ...
Yakubu Adole Agada-Amade+4 more
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A cost–benefit analysis of the COVID-19 disease
The British government has been debating how to escape from the lockdown without provoking a resurgence of the COVID-19 disease. There is a growing recognition of the damage the lockdown has caused to economic and social life.
R. Rowthorn, J. Maciejowski
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AHP Cost-Benefit Analysis is Justifiable [PDF]
Several researchers think that the AHP Cost-Benefit Analysis method may give rise to misleading results in some situations. Hence they propose four alternative methods: (1) the aggregate $ method, (2) the cost-benefit ratio method, (3) the difference ...
Han-Wen Tuan+3 more
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Integrating cost-benefit analysis into the NIST Cybersecurity Framework via the Gordon-Loeb Model
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework has rapidly become a widely accepted approach to facilitating cybersecurity risk management within organizations.
Lawrence A. Gordon+2 more
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Facilitating and preventing factors in moral and immoral behaviors based on the implicit theories of the Iranian people: The role of benefit and costs [PDF]
Introduction: In the present study, the factors that facilitate and prevent moral and immoral behaviors were examined according to the role of benefits and costs of each of these behaviors.
Arezou Delfan Beiranvand+3 more
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Comparison of outcomes and costs of surgery versus sclerotherapy to treat hydrocele
Objective: To evaluate the outcomes and costs associated with surgery versus sclerotherapy as treatment of hydroceles. Methods: A total of 53 men consecutively treated for hydrocele at our organization, between December 2015 and June 2019, were ...
Fernando Korkes+4 more
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