To investigate the neural processes of decision-makings between attractive females and money, we recorded 18 male participants' brain event-related potentials (ERPs) when they performed a novel task of deciding between viewing an attractive female's fuzzy picture in clear and gaining a certain amount of money. Two types of attractive females were included: sexy females and beautiful females. Se...

Objective: Majorproducers consider quality as a major criterion in decision making.Quality characteristics are affected by maintenance and repair decisions. In this study, a model is developed to determine significant measurements of production equipment affecting the quality of a continuous product to identify which measurements are more critical in terms of quality. Methods: Diversity of par...

This paper models a supply network as a complex adaptive system (CAS), in which firms or agents interact with one another and adapt themselves. And it applies agent-based social simulation (ABSS), a research method of simulating social systems under the CAS paradigm, to observe emergent outcomes. The main purposes of this paper are to consider a social factor, trust, in modeling the agents' beh...

The purpose of UbiPOL project is to develop a ubiquitous platform that allows citizens be involved in Policy Making Processes (PMPs) regardless of their current locations and time. However, literature highlights one of the foremost reasons that make citizens de-motivated in engaging themselves in policy making—the ignorance of germane policies and PMPs within the government organisations. It is...

The delivery of new increments involves decision makings at various levels like decision aspect prioritization, requirement priorities and selections of regression test cases. The pressure to deliver high quality low cost software by employing limited resources and satisfying mass market invokes the need to have less dependence on regression testing activity. Earlier Proposed requirement priori...

rice production in most of asian countries has been increased more rapidly than population and this has been led to increase in supply and proportionately decrease in the real price of rice in world and domestic markets. furthermore, together with growth in production and national gross income of the country per-capita income has been increased and also demand for rice at national and internati...

this paper has been done with the goal of assessment and prioritization of contractors of fars province electricity distribution company. such decision makings are generally complicated and are essentially considered as an multi-criteria decision making process. if the tasks assigned to contractors are not performed appropriately, it would lead to loss. in other words, contractors who cause the...

The management of educational policies is a complex issue. There are complexities related to the country's organizational system (competencies delegated by different areas in some cases), and limited resources system. In addition, there many variables that need be managed: ICT resources, special needs, human available, socioeconomic characteristics each district, etc. These types issues similar...

Rice production in most of Asian countries has been increased more rapidly than population and this has been led to increase in supply and proportionately decrease in the real price of rice in world and domestic markets. Furthermore, together with growth in production and national gross income of the country per-capita income has been increased and also demand for rice at national and internati...

OBJECTIVES To describe and systematically review the modelling and reporting of cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccination in Hong Kong, and to identify areas for quality enhancement in future cost-effectiveness analyses. METHODS We conducted a comprehensive and systematic review of cost-effectiveness studies related to vaccination and government immunisation programmes in Hong Kong published...