Our paper analyzes butchers preferences toward the attributes and levels for fresh rabbit meat. We compare results obtained from alternatives approaches of data collection: a) the traditional pair wise comparison of AHP (AHP1) and b) the direct valuation by mean of a 9 point likert scale transformed in a a subsequent step to estimate AHP (AHP2). The data used in this analysis was obtained from ...

I work on research problems centered around the theme of using automated planning systems as mediators for human-machine teams. Automated planning – a sub-field of Artificial Intelligence that deals with reasoning and the synthesis of plans for autonomous, intelligent agents – has seen many speedup and scalability advances in the past decades. Beginning with Shakey the robot and the STRIPS plan...

Large scale maps are available for many countries. The building ground plans of those maps can be helpful for the reconstruction of 3D building models from laser data and aerial images. This paper presents two studies on 3D building reconstruction. The first study combines data of a laser scanner with a high point density with the ground plans. The reconstruction approach is data driven. The se...

The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic IBRARIES copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created. Abstract This thesis project proposes a rapid visualization machine that can produce agile prototypes of simple architectural plans on a finite grid system. While various visualization sy...

PURPOSE There are two collimation systems associated with the CyberKnife system, the fixed cone collimator and the Iris collimator. The Iris collimator is used more frequently because of its superior flexibility. However, sometimes treatments have to be canceled or postponed due to Iris collimator mechanical failures. The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of switching coll...

OBJECTIVES After having conducted two studies of the effectiveness of workplace travel plans for promoting active travel, we investigated health and transport practitioners' perspectives on implementing workplace travel plans to share some of the lessons learnt. The objectives of this study were to describe perceived elements of effective workplace travel plans, barriers and enablers to workpla...

PURPOSE The aim of study was to provide suggestions for prioritizing research in effort to reduce cancer burden in Korea based on a comprehensive analysis of cancer burden and Delphi consensus among cancer experts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty research plans covering 10 topics were selected based on an assessment of the literature, and e-mail surveys were analyzed using a two-round modified D...