Construction Site Layout Planning Using a Simulation-Based Decision Support Tool by SeyedReza RazaviAlavi, Simaan AbouRizk

“…<i>Methods</i>: To improve site layout planning, this study aims to develop a simulation-based decision support tool (DST) that enables planners to consider the following: (1) construction uncertainties, (2) construction resources (i.e., material, equipment, and workers), (3) site layout constraints, and (4) mutual impacts between site layout and construction plan variables, for site layout planning of construction projects. …”
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A multi-dimensional decision framework based on the XGBoost algorithm and the constrained parametric approach by Xinxin Wang, BingBing Zhang, Zeshui Xu, Ming Li, Marinko Skare

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Exploring intentions: factors influencing international study decisions in healthcare bachelor degree programs by Ann Kristin Bjørnnes, Astrid Torbjørnsen, Björg Sigridur Anna Thordardottir, Anne Lund, Olav Johannes Hovland, Lisebet Skeie Skarpaas

“…Understanding students’ characteristics, preferences, and knowledge about exchange opportunities is important for supporting students and developing strategies to facilitate exchange. Methods This study conducted a cross-sectional survey among students enrolled in four 3-year professional health bachelor’s programs in Norway. …”
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How do children understand and respond to the EQ-5D-Y-3L? A mixed methods study in a community-based sample of 6–12-year-olds by Diana Khanna, Kiri Lay, Jyoti Khadka, Christine Mpundu-Kaambwa, Julie Ratcliffe, in collaboration with the Quality of Life in Kids: Key evidence to strengthen decisions in Australia (QUOKKA) project team

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Applying decision-making capacity criteria in practice: A content analysis of court judgments. by Nuala B Kane, Alex Ruck Keene, Gareth S Owen, Scott Y H Kim

“…<h4>Results</h4>The typology had nine categories (reliability: kappa = 0.63): 1) to grasp information or concepts, 2) to imagine/ abstract, 3) to remember, 4) to appreciate, 5) to value/ care, 6) to think through the decision non-impulsively, 7) to reason, 8) to give coherent reasons, and 9) to express a stable preference. …”
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Personalized decision making for coronary artery disease treatment using offline reinforcement learning by Peyman Ghasemi, Matthew Greenberg, Danielle A. Southern, Bing Li, James A. White, Joon Lee

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Evaluation of Clinical Decision Rules for Bone Mineral Density Testing among White Women by Michael E. Anders, Lori Turner, Jeanne Freeman

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A Capsule Decision Neural Network Based on Transfer Learning for EEG Signal Classification by Wei Zhang, Xianlun Tang, Xiaoyuan Dang, Mengzhou Wang

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The impact of conversational AI on consumer decision-making: A systematic review and cluster analysis by David Lopez-Lopez, Marc Bara Iniesta

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The clinical assessment of studies on orphan drugs in relation to the EMA’s authorization marketing decisions in Europe by Szczepan Jakubowski, Krzysztof Piotr Malinowski, Paweł Kawalec

“…However, it was more likely for phase II/III trials (p = 0.039), those with a treatment duration of 3–12 months (p = 0.03), and those with a safety and efficacy follow-up longer than 6 months (p = 0.022 and p = 0.047, respectively).ConclusionThe types of clinical trials and their methodological characteristics are correlated with the EMA’s decisions. …”
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CLASSIFICATION OF AUDIO SOURCE CHANNELS USING TIME-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS AND DECISION TREE CLASSIFIER by Sagir Lawan, Ashraf A. Ahmad, Amina Jibril, Idrisu Mohammed, Kulu Ahmad Amalo

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Decision Support System to Solve Single-Container Loading Problem Considering Practical Constraints by Natalia Romero-Olarte , Santiago Amézquita-Ortiz, John Willmer Escobar, David Álvarez-Martínez

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Designing green robots with environmental sustainability by applying the concept of multi-criteria decision making by V. Sathiya, S. Mahalakshmi, S. Ramabalan, M. Chinnadurai

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Explaining Courage in Ethical Decision-making by Nursing Managers: A Qualitative Content Analysis by Mostafa Roshanzadeh, Zohreh Vanaki, Afsaneh Sadooghiasl, Ali Tajabadi, Somayeh Mohammadi

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Influential Factors of Respectful Maternity Care and Its Relationship with Women’s Future Fertility Decisions by Samaneh Youseflu, Maryam Moradi, Zahra Toghyani, Farzaneh Saadatmand, Maryam Gharib, Zohreh Haghighat-dana, Masoumeh Jalili, Shahnaz Kohan

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An Experimental Comparison of Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution Algorithms to Induce Oblique Decision Trees by Rafael Rivera-López, Efrén Mezura-Montes, Juana Canul-Reich, Marco-Antonio Cruz-Chávez

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Intuitionistic Fuzzy Dimensional Analysis in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making: A Computational Approach by Luis Asuncion Perez-Dominguez, Mauro Callejas-Cuervo, Francesco Garcia-Luna

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Operational Decision Model for Demand Response Considering Carbon Reduction Value of Adjustable Loads by Xiaoxuan ZHANG, Song XUE, Ye XU, Yi XU, Zeyu DING, Qingkai SUN

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Factors influencing a patient's decision to choose the type of treatment to improve dental esthetics by Gržić Renata, Špalj Stjepan, Lajnert Vlatka, Glavičić Snježana, Uhač Ivone, Kovačević-Pavičić Daniela

“…The aim of this research was to investigate factors influencing a patient's decision to choose the type of treatment to improve dental esthetics. …”
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scRL: Utilizing Reinforcement Learning to Evaluate Fate Decisions in Single-Cell Data by Zeyu Fu, Chunlin Chen, Song Wang, Junping Wang, Shilei Chen

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