Nowadays, the capability of cloud management suppliers is one of the important advantages for suppliers that can improve the performance and flexibility and reduce costs in companies through easy access to resources. Also, the environmental impacts of suppliers are a significant issue in today’s industrialization and globalization world. This paper analyzes these subjects by fuzzy multi-objecti...

DerSimonian and Laird define meta-analysis as “the statistical analysis of a collection of analytic results for the purpose of integrating their findings. One alternative to classical meta-analytic approaches in known as Individual Patient-Level Data, or IPD, meta-analysis. Rather than depending on summary statistics calculated for individual studies, IPD metaanalysis analyzes the complete data...

This paper analyzes the existing literature on effect of attribute framing consumers’ attitudes and intentions with regard to food products. Attribute includes a broader interpretation gains losses when product is presented in dichotomous way, such as fat vs. lean or harm benefit. Meta-analysis results for whole sample indicate that attributes framed have higher than losses. Grouping studies by...

The high information content in large data sets from voxel-based meta-analyses is complex, making it hard to readily resolve details. Using the meta-analysis network as a standardized data structure, network analysis algorithms can examine complex interrelationships and resolve hidden details. Two new network analysis algorithms have been adapted for use with meta-analysis networks. The first, ...

In this paper, we describe our plans to create a smarter network defense system through the collection and analysis of network signatures generated by real security threats. To meet this goal, we plan to create software agents interconnected to a central behavior analysis database service where each software agent records attack meta-information collected during previous intrusion attempts. The...

Anytime algorithms offer a tradeoff between solution quality and computation time that has proved useful in solving time-critical problems such as planning and scheduling, belief network evaluation, and information gathering. To exploit this tradeoff, a system must be able to decide when to stop deliberation and act on the currently available solution. This paper analyzes the characteristics of...