The lack of literature on residency selection criteria used by orthopaedic program directors has left medical students in the position of relying on rumor and anecdotal information as to what program directors value most highly when sorting through large candidate pools. The purpose of this study was to compare the perspectives on resident selection criteria solicited from orthopaedic program d...

Many software projects have failed because their requirements were poorly negotiated among stakeholders. Reaching agreements of negotiated requirements among stakeholders who have different concerns, responsibilities, and priorities is quite challenging. Formal (fully-automated) approaches of requirements negotiation require significant efforts of knowledge representation and validation, wherea...

In view of the current and predictable energy shortage and environmental concerns, the exploitation of renewable energy sources offers great potential to meet increasing energy demands and to decrease dependence on fossil fuels. However, introducing these sources will be more attractive provided they operate in conjunction with energy storage systems (ESS). Furthermore, effective energy storage...

Linkage analysis involves performing significance tests at many loci located throughout the genome. Traditional criteria for declaring a linkage statistically significant have been formulated with the goal of controlling the rate at which any single false positive occurs, called the genomewise error rate (GWER). As complex traits have become the focus of linkage analysis, it is increasingly com...

Introduction Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a useful tool in complex decision-making situations and has been used medical fields to evaluate treatment options drug selection. We aimed provide valuable insights on the use of MCDA health care through examining research focus existing studies, major fields, applications, most productive authors countries, common journals domain using s...

The article deals with sustainable construction and the evaluation of its elements using Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM). object research is analysis concepts arrangement territory located in Pilaitė district, Vilnius. Three spatial planning are being developed assessed against three groups indicators, each consisting 4–5 indicators. analyzed indicators were selected on basis social, econ...

Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) is a popular technique for bringing together a wide range of quantitative and qualitative assessments into the decision making process. While its ability to handle diverse criteria is often seen as an asset of MCA, in other ways, MCA can stifle diversity. In particular, it is generally required that consensus can be obtained (or forced) at some point in the process...

Multiple-criteria ABC (MCABC) analysis is conducted using a dominance-based rough set approach. ABC analysis, a well-known technique for inventory planning and control, divides stock-keeping units (SKUs) into three classes according to annual dollar usage. But MCABC analysis offers more managerial flexibility by including other criteria, such as lead time and criticality, in the classification ...