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Risk‐aware safe reinforcement learning for control of stochastic linear systems

open access: yesAsian Journal of Control, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents a risk‐aware safe reinforcement learning (RL) control design for stochastic discrete‐time linear systems. Rather than using a safety certifier to myopically intervene with the RL controller, a risk‐informed safe controller is also learned besides the RL controller, and the RL and safe controllers are combined together ...
Babak Esmaeili   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foresight in governments – practices and trends around the world [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study provides the initial results of a survey of foresight activities undertaken by a select group of governments around the world.The study was begun following the recent initiative by European Union (EU) in- stitutions to build a joint foresight ...

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Organizational Sensemaking Theory Perspective of Developing AI‐Driven Strategies for Sustainability Initiatives

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being touted to assist organizations, AI integration for sustainability efforts has been limited AND sporadic and tends to follow an ad hoc strategy. The existing literature therein focuses on the technological capabilities of AI, overlooking how organizations make sense of and ...
Amanda Balasooriya, Darshana Sedera
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder Engagement as a Design Principle: Orchestrating a Digital Platform for the Safety and Sustainability of the Nanomaterials Sector

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The governance of chemicals and nanomaterials presents a critical challenge, as significant uncertainties regarding safety and sustainability match their innovation potential. This creates a “knowledge‐to‐action” gap, hindering the practical implementation of safety and sustainability by design (SSbD) principles.
Mario Miozza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Rho kinase inhibitor effects on neuroprotection and neuroinflammation in an ex-vivo retinal explant model

open access: yesActa Neuropathologica Communications
Background Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness, affecting retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and their axons. By 2040, it is likely to affect 110 million people.
Élodie Reboussin   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

From devolution to post–COVID-19 UHC scoping review of human resource for health reforms in Kenya: a signalling and sensemaking analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Health Services
BackgroundKenya's pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has been profoundly shaped by health sector devolution 2010 and the COVID-19 pandemic both of which have exposed persistent challenges in human resources for health (HRH), including workforce ...
Joseph O. Onyango   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Imagining transformative futures: participatory foresight for food systems change

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2018
Transformations inherently involve systems change and because of the political nature of change, are subject to contestation. A potentially effective strategy to further transformative change that builds on interdisciplinary, multiactor, and multiscale ...
Aniek Hebinck   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teaching Foresight and the Future [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We train students as retrospective observers who specialize in evidence-based post hoc analysis. Building on action research and a cry for relevance, we witness the emergence of engaged scholarship and focus on the present and ongoing affairs. However, the future appears to be virtuallyneglected in the IS management curricula and organizational studies.
Erran Carmel   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Foresight in normative economics - an example of a public university

open access: yesZeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2022
Research background: The research area covered the issue of foresight from the perspective of normative economics exemplified by a public university.
Beata Sadowska
doaj   +1 more source

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