A sequence of recent papers, including in this journal, has considered the role measurement scales information retrieval (IR) experimentation, and presented argument that (only) uniform-step interval should be used. Hence, it been argued, well-known metrics such as reciprocal rank, expected normalized discounted cumulative gain, average precision, either discarded tools, or adapted so their met...

Numeric Timed Initial Fluents represent a new feature in PDDL that extends the concept of Timed Initial Literals to numeric fluents. They are particularly useful to model independent functions that change through time and influence the actions to be applied. Although they are very useful to model real world problems, they are not systematically defined in the family of PDDL languages and they a...

Web-based parameterized questions is one of the most promising kinds of Web knowledge assessment. In an assessment context a reasonably small number of parameterized questions can be used to produce assessments for large classes. In self-assessment context, the same question can be used again and again with different parameters allowing every student to achieve mastery. This paper reports the r...

The previous research on health risk assessment has provided significant insights into the predictive ability of different methods. However, these studies have some shortcomings in this regard. First, few studies have compared competing models using the same sample of data, making it difficult to assess their relative performance. Second, as a result of an emphasis on searching for an alternati...

Multiple-choice questions are frequently used in high-stakes nursing assessments. Many nurse educators, however, lack the necessary knowledge and training to develop these tests. The authors discuss test development guidelines to help nurse educators produce valid and reliable multiple-choice assessments.

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry contributed to technology assessment by providing population-based samples for detailed case-control studies, by serving as the control group in comparisons with various experimental groups, by allowing an assessment of selection bias in clinical trials, and by facilitating evaluations of classification and coding systems.

The literature on the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to process industry products and particularly to chemical processes has been reviewed. The main purpose of an LCA is to provide a quantitative assessment of the environmental impact of products over their entire life cycle, with a view to making improvements. Application to processes, which are key parts of the life cycle, is impo...