scholarly journals A FIRST ATTEMPT TO DEFINE LEVEL OF DETAILS BASED ON DECISION-MAKING TASKS: APPLICATION TO UNDERGROUND UTILITY NETWORK

2021 ◽  
Vol XLVI-4/W4-2021 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Z. Chen ◽  
J. Pouliot ◽  
F. Hubert
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
3D Model ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
New Approach ◽  
City Modeling ◽  
Level Of Details ◽  
Abstract Level ◽  
Utility Network

Abstract. Level of detail (LoD) is a key concept for 3D city modeling to optimise visualisation. The LoDs of CityGML shows this trend. This paper explores the relevance of having LoD for visualising 3D model of Underground Utility Networks (UUN). A new approach is proposed for designing multiple LoDs modeling in creating an explicit link between the content of the 3D model and the decision-making process (or operational tasks) to be performed by a user. This Multiple Level of detail Approach (MLA) is divided into four steps. The first step requires defining the visualisation needs in terms of five variables (geometry, topology, semantic, contextual information, and semiology). Next, tasks to be performed are analyzed and categorized. Finally, a matrix of possible LoDs is created for all tasks and the minimum LoD required is proposed. In this paper, we applied this approach for the use case of granting connection permits to water and sewer networks. Learning aspects are proposed in the discussion.

Minimizing Bias in Forensic Handwriting Examinations

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. Alewijnse ◽  
E.J.A.T. Mattijssen ◽  
R.D. Stoel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Context Information ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Potential Bias ◽  
Potential Influence ◽  
Management Procedures

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the increasing awareness about the potential bias on the interpretation and conclusions of forensic handwriting examiners (FHEs) by contextual information. We briefly provide the reader with an overview of relevant types of bias, the difficulties associated with studying bias, the sources of bias and their potential influence on the decision making process in casework, and solutions to minimize bias in casework. We propose that the limitations of published studies on bias need to be recognized and that their conclusions must be interpreted with care. Instead of discussing whether bias is an issue in casework, the forensic handwriting community should actually focus on how bias can be minimized in practice. As some authors have already shown (e.g., Found & Ganas, 2014), it is relatively easy to implement context information management procedures in practice. By introducing appropriate procedures to minimize bias, not only forensic handwriting examination will be improved, it will also increase the acceptability of the provided evidence during court hearings. Purchase Article - $10

scholarly journals Context Analysis in the Development of Diving Technologies

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-58
Author(s):  
Ryszard Kłos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Continuous Improvement ◽  
Previous Article ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Research Cycle ◽  
Level Of Risk

Abstract The previous article described a new approach methodology1 for work on the development of technology for the use of the SCR CRABE SCUBA2 type diving apparatus. However, after its publication numerous questions emerged regarding the genesis of the research undertaken, also from foreign partners using the same rebreather. The work on changing the technology of use was preceded by analyses, which were available only to people involved in the decision-making process. Demonstrating all the details of the decision-making process may be tedious, but failing to present them at all might raise justified doubts about the advisability of conducting a long-term research cycle. This article only presents preliminary analyses. The necessity to perform them resulted from the specific requirements for military technologies3 which, as broadly as possible, should be knowledge-based. The knowledge-based approach by its very nature allows continuous improvement of the adequacy of the predictions made, the estimation of the level of risk when diagnosing deviations from the repeatability or precision of the model, and the possibility of adapting the technology to the changing requirements of the user resulting from tactical considerations of its use.

Decision Logic Tables: A New Approach for Administrators in Making, Documenting and Communicating Their Decisions

1978 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-260
Author(s):  
Roger Crane
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Antecedent Conditions ◽  
Educational Administrators ◽  
Limited Entry ◽  
Decision Logic ◽  
Efficient Alternative ◽  
Decision Tables ◽  
The Relationship

A description of the characteristics of decision tables—guidelines and examples—are offered to educational administrators as an efficient alternative to linear prose and flowchart formats. Described are three types of decision tables: limited entry, extended entry and mixed entry tables. Completeness checks and rule compression are also explained. Decision tables provide an excellent means of describing the relationship between antecedent conditions and innovative actions. When properly utilized, decision tables can bring clarity, accuracy and analysis to the decision making process.

Regulating eu Climate and Energy Matters through Conclusions: The Limits of Consensus

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-155
Author(s):  
Sigrid Boysen ◽  
Moritz von Unger
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
European Council ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Formal Requirements ◽  
Climate And Energy Policy

The practice of governing by action-driven conclusions is particularly evident in the field of climate and energy policy, in which a large number of substantial decisions, at a remarkable level of detail, are pre-set by the Council or the European Council, before they enter the formal decision-making process. The article discusses whether there are formal requirements for the adoption of Council conclusions and conclusions of the European Council, respectively. It also questions whether the practice of either body to channel a wide range of policy details through the adoption of conclusions by consensus is in line with the constitutional architecture of the Treaties.

scholarly journals Religious Diaspora: A New Approach to Its Existence and Meaning

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 831
Author(s):  
Alina Pătru
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Way

The present study aims to contribute to the discussion regarding the possibility of conceptualizing a religious diaspora. It proposes a new way of defining it, namely in relation to religious and not to ethno-territorial realities, but without editing the territorial dimension out. After sketching the definition on this theoretical basis, the study refers to six case studies, pointing to the way in which the definitory traits of a religious diaspora are actualized in each situation under study. The evaluation unravels the strengths of the concept as well as certain aspects that still need to be addressed in further research. The inference is that the capacity of religion to generate diasporic feelings and attitudes should also be acknowledged and that the concept of religious diaspora ought to be treated as an analytic instrument useful both in the research and in the decision-making process.

scholarly journals Evaluating context effects on forensic examiners: potential influences on the perception of evidence and examiners’ decision-making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Context Effects ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Decision Making Process

The current study aimed to investigate whether contextual information affects examiners’ perception of fingerprint evidence and/or their decision-making process regarding whether the fingerprints are a match, nonmatch, or if it is inconclusive. Undergraduates (N = 129) were trained in fingerprint examination and subsequently examined two pairs of fingerprints. The time at which contextual information was distributed was manipulated to change what part of the examination could be influenced by the contextual information. It was hypothesized that the contextual information would affect both the examiner’s perception of the evidence as well as their decision-making process. Results were partially in line with this hypothesis; though the contextual information presented demonstrated no effect on participants’ conclusions, the timing at which the contextual information was presented did. Implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Architecture for Decision Support in Precision Livestock Farming

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas S. Gomes ◽  
José Maria N. David ◽  
Regina Braga ◽  
Victor Ströele ◽  
Wagner Arbex ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Heterogeneous Data ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Precision Livestock Farming ◽  
Livestock Farms ◽  
Integrate Data ◽  
Support Decision Making

The use of sensors in the agricultural domain generates a massive volume of heterogeneous data that must be treated, stored, and processed for decision-making. These decisions must be taken considering the diversity of devices and contextual information, which is often not considered but is important to the decision-making process. This paper presents an architecture to integrate data from sensors related to precision livestock farms. The integration and processing of these data can support decision-making, lead to more accurate results and enhance agribusiness sustainability.

Using the scenario approach in anti-corruption management processes (on the example of the construction industry)

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-77
Author(s):  
Vladimir L. Shults ◽  
Vladimir V. Kulba ◽  
Aleksey B. Shelkov ◽  
Igor V. Chernov ◽  
Andrey A Timoshenko
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Management Process ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Scenario Approach

This study discusses the methodological and applied problems of increasing the effectiveness of the anti-corruption management process. An analysis of the essence and forms of corruption, as well as their negative impacts on the socioeconomic development of the society is offered. To increase the effectiveness of anti-corruption problem-solving and assess the decision-making process pertaining to management, a scenario analysis is proposed. The analysis of basic multigraph models of anti-corruption management focuses on the construction industry, using functional symbolic graphs. According to the results, it is more effective to look more broadly at the criminological problem of combating corruption by linking its solution to developments in the fields of economics, sociology, and psychology. The current publication is considered a new approach to the development of specific measures to counter this type of crime.

scholarly journals The Multi-Aspect Criterion in the PMADM Outline and Its Possible Application to Sustainability Assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani ◽  
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽  
Payam Khazaelpour ◽  
Fausto Cavallaro
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Multiple Attribute Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multiple Attribute ◽  
The Future

Over the past few centuries, the process of decision-making has become more complicated in different respects. Since the initial phase of Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) around fifty years ago, Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) has continued developing over the years as a sub-concept of MCDM. Noticeably, the importance of the decision-making process is increasingly expanding to such an extent that it necessarily blends into the undeniable processes of MADM actual models. Novel methods with different perspectives have been introduced considering the dynamic MADM concepts of time and future in classical frameworks; however, they do not overcome challenges in practice. Recently, Prospective MADM (PMADM) as a specific approach has presented future-oriented models using already known approaches of MCDM, and it has innovative items which show barriers of classic model of MADM. However, PMADM practically needs more conceptual bases to illustrate and plan the future of real decision-making problems. The Multi-Aspect Criterion is a new concept in mapping the future of the PMADM outline. In this regard, two examples of sustainability will be analyzed, and different requirements and aspects associated with PMADM will be discussed in this study. This new approach can support the PMADM outline in more detail and deal with a decision-making structure that can be considered as novel to industry experts.

scholarly journals Evaluating context effects on forensic examiners: potential influences on the perception of evidence and examiners’ decision-making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Context Effects ◽  
Contextual Information ◽  
Decision Making Process

The current study aimed to investigate whether contextual information affects examiners’ perception of fingerprint evidence and/or their decision-making process regarding whether the fingerprints are a match, nonmatch, or if it is inconclusive. Undergraduates (N = 129) were trained in fingerprint examination and subsequently examined two pairs of fingerprints. The time at which contextual information was distributed was manipulated to change what part of the examination could be influenced by the contextual information. It was hypothesized that the contextual information would affect both the examiner’s perception of the evidence as well as their decision-making process. Results were partially in line with this hypothesis; though the contextual information presented demonstrated no effect on participants’ conclusions, the timing at which the contextual information was presented did. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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