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Three Perspectives on Motivation and Multi-Criteria Assessment of Organic Food Systems [PDF]

, 2013
The complexity of values related to organic food systems is normally difficult to ascertain, understand and act upon for both producers and consumers, as well as for other agents.
Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted, Christensen, Tove, Dubgaard, Alex, Kastberg, Peter, Kærgård, Niels, Ljungdalh, Anders, Læssøe, Jeppe, Noe, Egon, Olsen, Søren Bøye   +8 more
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Analytic Network Process-Based Multi-Criteria Decision Approach and Sensitivity Analysis for Temporary Facility Layout Planning in Construction Projects

Applied Sciences, 2018
In construction projects, the planning objectives include the safety and labor productivity of the activities, along with the cost influence affecting the overall performance of construction. Temporary facilities are critical in supporting structures and
Haifeng Jin, Mingyuan Zhang, Yongbo Yuan
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Fuzzy multi-criteria and multi-experts evaluation of government investments in higher education: the case of Turkey

Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 2013
Higher education refers to a level of education that is provided at academies, universities, colleges, seminaries, institutes of technology, and certain other collegiate-level institutions.
Cengiz Kahraman
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Approximation Algorithms for Multi-Criteria Traveling Salesman Problems

, 2006
In multi-criteria optimization problems, several objective functions have to be optimized. Since the different objective functions are usually in conflict with each other, one cannot consider only one particular solution as the optimal solution. Instead,
Manthey, Bodo, Ram, L. Shankar
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Pazopanib Combined With Vincristine and Irinotecan in Relapsed Wilms Tumor: Encouraging Outcomes in a Heavily Pretreated Pediatric Cohort

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background While Wilms tumor (WT) typically has a favorable prognosis, relapsed cases—especially those with high‐risk histology—remain therapeutically challenging after intensive frontline therapy. The combination of vincristine and irinotecan has demonstrated activity in pediatric solid tumors, and pazopanib, a multi‐targeted tyrosine kinase ...
Maria Debora De Pasquale, Alessandro Crocoli, Giuseppe Maria Milano, Pierluigi Di Paolo, Francesca Diomedi Camassei, Ida Russo, Annalisa Serra   +6 more
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Multi-criteria appraisal recommendation

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2022
Generating the overall assessments of cases from their observations on multiple criteria when large volumes of historical data have been accumulated is a key issue. This study, therefore, developed the framework of multi-criteria appraisal recommendation (MCAR).
Fu, Chao, Zhan, Qianshan, Chang, Leilei, Liu, Weiyong, Yang, Shanlin   +4 more
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Increasing discrimination in multi-criteria analysis [PDF]

, 2007
Multi criteria methods for supporting decision-making procedures are widely used in sustainability assessment. One of the most important steps in decision-making procedures is the evaluation of policy options or alternatives in order to find a hierarchy ...
Barannik, Valeriy, Blackwood, David J., Falconer, Ruth E.   +2 more
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Adversarial Multi-Criteria Learning for Chinese Word Segmentation

, 2017
Different linguistic perspectives causes many diverse segmentation criteria for Chinese word segmentation (CWS). Most existing methods focus on improve the performance for each single criterion.
Chen, Xinchi, Huang, Xuanjing, Qiu, Xipeng, Shi, Zhan   +3 more
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Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Patients With Osteosarcoma: Local Control Outcomes With Dosimetric Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Osteosarcoma is a radioresistant tumor that may benefit from stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for locoregional control in metastatic/recurrent disease. We report institutional practice patterns, outcomes, toxicity, and failures in osteosarcoma patients treated with SBRT.
Jenna Kocsis, Shauna R. Campbell, Jonathan Jang, Eashwar Somasundaram, Chandana A. Reddy, Jacob G. Scott, Lilyana Angelov, Peter M. Anderson, Matteo Trucco, Zachary Burke, Lukas Nystrom, Nathan Mesko, Anthony Magnelli, Erin S. Murphy   +13 more
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Evaluation criteria for a systemic approach to flood risk management: stakeholders’ perspectives

Techne
Flood risk management authorities rely on structural engineering measures centralised at the spatial and governance levels. These are mainly evaluated based on damage reduction without considering social, economic and environmental criteria. The research
Francesca Vanelli, Monica Lavagna, Paul Minifie   +2 more
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