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Evaluation of infectious diseases and clinical microbiology specialists’ preferences for hand hygiene: analysis using the multi-attribute utility theory and the analytic hierarchy process methods

open access: yesBMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2017
Background Hand hygiene is one of the most effective attempts to control nosocomial infections, and it is an important measure to avoid the transmission of pathogens.
Aslı Suner   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Big Data Price Discrimination: The Choice of First‐Mover Advantage

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This paper explores the decision‐making mechanisms behind big data price discrimination on E‐commerce platforms. Specifically, we innovatively account for the heterogeneity of consumers and suppliers, using repeat purchase rates and the probability of detecting big data price discrimination to characterize consumers and differentiate suppliers by their
Xiangchen Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cumulative Prospect Theory for Parametric and Multiattribute Utilities [PDF]

open access: yes
In cumulative prospect theory models, different behavior concerning gains and losses is per-mitted. For gains different decision weights are assigned than for losses, and the shape of utility can reveal loss aversion.
Zank,H.
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A multiattribute utility evaluation of different methods for the detection of enteric protozoa causing diarrhea in AIDS patients

open access: yesBMC Microbiology, 2010
Background Enteric protozoa and sporozoa have emerged as important opportunistic parasites and can cause fatal infections in AIDS patients. The line of treatment being different for them necessitates an accurate and prompt identification of these to ...
Sundar Shyam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comprehensive Evaluation Method Based on Principal Component Analysis and Class Coverage Discriminant Analysis

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Aiming at the problem of multi‐industry comprehensive evaluation, this paper discusses a comprehensive evaluation method based on principal component and class coverage discriminant analysis. This method adopts principal component analysis and the standard value of industry performance to classify the sample data, and the original sample data are ...
Min Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hierarchical Multimodal AI Framework for Intelligent Alarm Handling in Smart Power Grid Monitoring Systems

open access: yesInternational Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Recent developments and the rapid expansion of modern power grids have led to alarm flooding. This means that operators receive such a large volume of alarms that they become overwhelmed and stall in inquiry, resulting in mistakes. To better address this issue, an innovative, multifaceted, and hierarchical framework is proposed that combines stability ...
Tairan Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Linear Diophantine Fuzzy Z‐Number Aczel–Alsina Aggregation Operators and Their Use in a Hybrid MCDM Framework for Medical Diagnosis

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
A linear Diophantine Z‐number Aczel–Alsina t‐norm operator is implemented for solving a linear Diophantine Z‐number problem, along with explaining its reliability, along with the solution derived. Some basic mathematical characteristics of the introduced operator, such as monotonicity, boundedness, and homogeneity, are rigorously deduced mathematically
Muhammad Umar Mirza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Risk Aversion Revisited: A Multicriteria Decision-Making Approach [PDF]

open access: yes
In modelling farm systems it is widely accepted that risk plays a central role. Furthermore, farmers' risk aversion determines their decisions in both the short and the long run.
Gomez-Limon, Jose Antonio   +2 more
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Other title: Senate Bill 555 - Testimony on Behalf of the Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board by David Springe, Consumer Counsel, Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board

open access: yes, 2008
application/pdf; "February 14, 2008."; Testimony before the Kansas Legislature, Senate Utilities Committee, presented by David Springe, Consumer Counsel, Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board.Testimony regarding Senate Bill 555.
Springe, David.
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Multiple Criteria Decision Making and Multiattribute Utility Theory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
T his paper is an update of a paper that five of us published in 1992. The areas of multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) and multiattribute utility theory (MAUT) continue to be active areas of management science research and application.
James S Dyer   +5 more
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