First-year hemp farmers’ motives and resources to cultivate hemp by Blake Colclasure, Jason Caldwell, Tyler Granberry, Christine Rost, Bailey Gasseling

“…With the availability of these opportunities comes the need to better understand the decision making processes of new hemp growers. The purpose of this study was to explore what motivated first-year hemp farmers to grow hemp and to better understand the resources they utilized for decision-making. …”
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Decoding Consumer Behavior in the Used Car Market: A Machine Learning Approach to Key Decision Factors by Zhang Minshun

“…These factors collectively highlight the interplay between economic considerations and trust-building in consumer decision-making. The analysis provides practical recommendations for both consumers and platforms to optimize decision-making processes.…”
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Mathematical models of digital transformation asymmetric information game in energy enterprises by Caicai Guo, Riqiang Li, Bei Yuan

“…The digital economy will influence the decision-making of energy companies by improving their efficiency and reducing their costs. …”
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A New Decision Support Framework with Picture Fuzzy Information: Comparison of Video Conferencing Platforms for Higher Education in India by Sanjib Biswas, Dragan Pamucar, Paramita Chowdhury, Samarjit Kar

“…The purpose of this paper is to present a novel extension of a very recently developed multicriteria decision making (MCDM) algorithm known as the preference ranking on the basis of ideal-average distance (PROBID) method in a picture fuzzy (PF) environment. …”
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A Class of Expected Value Bilevel Programming Problems with Random Coefficients Based on Rough Approximation and Its Application to a Production-Inventory System by Liming Yao, Jiuping Xu

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The Ethics of Rationing of Critical Care Services: Should Technology Assessment Play a Role? by Eric L. Bloomfield

“…This paper discusses some of the ethics and concerns behind decision making when providing ICU services in the United States. …”
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Los Pronósticos Climáticos y la Toma de Decisiones en Agricultura by Norman E. Breuer, Clyde Fraisse, David Zierden

“…Breuer, Clyde Fraisse, and David Zierden, is the Spanish-language version of ABE352/AE267 Climate Forecast and Decision Making in Agriculture. It describes the type of strategic pre-season decision-making that should take into consideration climate forecasts, how climate is predicted, how to interpret the forecasts, the climate of Florida, and climate forecast applications to agriculture in Florida. …”
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Conservation Treatment and the Custodian/Conservator Relationship by Barbara Appelbaum

“…It is possible – and desirable - for conservators to discuss the treatment decision-making process using non-technical terminology so that real collaboration can take place.  …”
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CITY PLACEMENT – INNOVATIONAL MEANS OF PROMOTING CITIES by Andrzej Szromnik

“…Its main threads, components and decision making problems of the film producers teams have been emphasized. …”
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Los Pronósticos Climáticos y la Toma de Decisiones en Agricultura by Norman E. Breuer, Clyde Fraisse, David Zierden

“…Breuer, Clyde Fraisse, and David Zierden, is the Spanish-language version of ABE352/AE267 Climate Forecast and Decision Making in Agriculture. It describes the type of strategic pre-season decision-making that should take into consideration climate forecasts, how climate is predicted, how to interpret the forecasts, the climate of Florida, and climate forecast applications to agriculture in Florida. …”
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Bibliometric analysis for sustainable food waste using multicriteria decision by . Syafrudin, I.B. Priyambada, M.A. Budihardjo, S. Al Qadar, A.S. Puspita

“…To address this complicated problem effectively, bibliometric analysis and multicriteria decision-making can be combined. Therefore, multicriteria decision-making methods have become critical tools for navigating the intricacies of sustainable solution development. …”
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CITY PLACEMENT – INNOVATIONAL MEANS OF PROMOTING CITIES by Andrzej Szromnik

“…Its main threads, components and decision making problems of the film producers teams have been emphasized. …”
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Linguistic Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets and Application in MAGDM by Huimin Zhang

“…Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method in multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM).…”
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Introduction to Dossier: Lessons from Latin America on the rational choice, cognitive and institutional approaches to policy change by Fontaine, Guillaume

“…Rational choice- with its theories of incrementalism, multiple currents and punctuated equilibrium- privilege the decision-making process and the rational nature of the individual actor. …”
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A Modified TODIM Based on Compromise Distance for MAGDM with q-Rung Orthopair Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers by Benting Wan, Juelin Huang, Xiaolu Zhang

“…The q-rung orthopair fuzzy number (q-ROFN) has been recently developed by Yager and has been widely applied in handling real-life decision-making problems. To enhance its usefulness in dealing with complex practical issues, this paper first proposes the new concept of q-rung orthopair trapezoidal fuzzy numbers (q-ROTrFNs) which is a new and useful extension of q-ROFNs. …”
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LazyAct: Lazy actor with dynamic state skip based on constrained MDP. by Hongjie Zhang, Zhenyu Chen, Hourui Deng, Chaosheng Feng

“…Inspired by human decision-making patterns, which involve reasoning only on critical states in continuous decision-making tasks without considering all states, we introduce the LazyAct algorithm. …”
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Simulating Complex Urban Behaviours With AI: Incorporating Improved Intelligent Agents in Urban Simulation Models by Solon Solomou, Ulysses Sengupta

“…It compares outcomes of two multi-agent systems, testing intelligent computer agent decision-making with selected behavioural patterns associated with human decision-making, given the same choices and scenarios. …”
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Environmental Investment Decision of Green Supply Chain considering the Green Uncertainty by Shaobo Wu, Xun Yao, Guangdong Wu

“…The influence of green uncertainty on enterprise’s decision-making is analyzed, and the green investment decision-making strategies of both sides in two cases are compared. …”
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Analysis of Coordinated Pricing Model of Closed-Loop Supplying Chain Based on Game Theory in E-Commerce Environment by Zhaoquan Zhou, Bin Gu

“…Firstly, the traditional sales channel is considered, and the different situations of centralized decision-making and decentralized decision-making are compared. …”
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Rotational Flocking with Spontaneous Directional Changes by Xiaolu Liu, Guanbo Shao, Yudong Tang, Duxin Chen

“…Revealing the underlying decision-making strategy governing the high-group polarization accompanied by conflicting individual preferences may play a central part in the lives of social animals. …”
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