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Background Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Hence, the development of a novel, simple, rapid and sensitive method to detect MTBC is of great significance for the prevention and
Junfei Huang +9 more
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Background A multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach has been suggested for helping purchasers in low-and middle-income countries in an evidence-based assessment of multi-source pharmaceuticals to mitigate potential adverse consequences of price-
Anke-Peggy Holtorf +5 more
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Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA): testing a proposed MCDA framework for orphan drugs [PDF]
Since the introduction of the orphan drugs legislation in Europe, it has been suggested that the general method of assessing drugs for reimbursement is not necessarily suitable for orphan drugs. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence indicated that several criteria other than cost and efficacy could be considered in reimbursement ...
Schey, C +3 more
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Fuzzy Measures and Integrals in MCDA [PDF]
This chapter aims at a unified presentation of various methods of MCDA based onfuzzy measures (capacity) and fuzzy integrals, essentially the Choquet andSugeno integral. A first section sets the position of the problem ofmulticriteria decision making, and describes the various possible scales ofmeasurement (difference, ratio, and ordinal). Then a whole
Grabisch, Michel, Labreuche, Christophe
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New Vision on Invasive Alien Plant Management System
Since the creation of the European Union’s (EU) Biodiversity Strategy, increased attention has been drawn to the spread of invasive non-native species, their impact on biodiversity, and the economic losses caused.
Zihare Lauma +2 more
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MITIGATING FLASH FLOODS WITH THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES: A ΜULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO MAP FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR ZAKYNTHOS ISLAND, GREECE [PDF]
Floods can be extremely harmful for the welfare of societies regardless if they are natural or caused by humans. The Mediterranean region has experienced an increase in flash floods frequency and severity. The suddenness and episodic nature of these type
Stavros STAVROPOULOS +4 more
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Background In Kuwait, the government is planning to improve the specifications for purchase of medicine and to improve the tendering system intending to slow the growth of the expenditure for medicine and to improve the sustainability of the healthcare ...
Ali Hadi Abdullah +5 more
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Irrigation improves the productivity of agriculture in any country. Irrigation is viewed as a fundamental approach to ensure food security, improve crop productivity, income of smallholder farmers, ensure food security, alleviate poverty and improve the ...
Endalkachew Sisay Yegizaw +1 more
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Dealing with Uncertainties in MCDA [PDF]
This chapter presents various approaches to incorporating formalmodelling of risks and uncertainties into multi-criteria decision analysis,in a theoretically valid but also operationally meaningful manner. Weconsider both internal uncertainties (in the formulation and modellingof the decision problem), and external uncertainties arising fromexogenous ...
Stewart, Theodor, Durbach, Ian
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This study presents an integrated approach for flood risk zonation using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which combines spatial multi-criteria analysis (MCDA) with the Group Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (GFAHP) and fuzzy overlay techniques ...
Hanh T. Tong +2 more
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