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Assessing the Performance of Interactive Multiobjective Optimization Methods

2021

Interactive methods are useful decision-making tools for multiobjective optimization problems, because they allow a decision-maker to provide her/his preference information iteratively in a comfortable way at the same time as (s)he learns about all different aspects of the problem. A wide variety of interactive methods is nowadays available, and they differ from each other in both technical aspects and type of preference information employed. Therefore, assessing the performance of interactive methods can help users to choose the most appropriate one for a given problem. This is a challenging task, which has been tackled from different perspectives in the published literature. We present a …

General Computer ScienceComputer sciencepäätöksenteko0211 other engineering and technologiespreference information02 engineering and technologyMachine learningcomputer.software_genreMulti-objective optimizationTheoretical Computer ScienceTask (project management)menetelmätoptimointi0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering021103 operations researchbusiness.industryinteractive methodsmonitavoiteoptimointidecision-makersPreferenceVariety (cybernetics)Multiobjective optimization probleminteraktiivisuusmultiobjective optimization problems020201 artificial intelligence & image processingperformance assessmentArtificial intelligencebusinesscomputerACM Computing Surveys
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Scheduling projects with limited number of preemptions

2009

A recent paper (Ballestin F, Valls V, Quintanilla S. Preemption in resource-constrained project scheduling. European Journal of Operational Research 2008;189:1136-152) revealed the potential benefits of allowing one interruption when scheduling activities in a resource-constrained project. This paper further investigates the effect of interruption on project length in more general cases. To achieve this, a new model that covers most practical applications of discrete activity preemption is proposed and a metaheuristic algorithm for the problem is developed. Computational experiments on the standard j120 and j30 sets generated using ProGen study the difference in makespan between allowing m …

General Computer ScienceJob shop schedulingOperations researchbusiness.industryComputer sciencePreemptionSchedule (project management)Management Science and Operations ResearchScheduling (computing)Modeling and SimulationResource managementProject managementbusinessMetaheuristicComputers & Operations Research
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Bootstrapping profit change: An application to Spanish banks

2012

The aim of this study is to provide a tool which enables us to conduct statistical analysis in the context of changes in productivity and profit. We build on previous initiatives to decompose profit change into mutually exclusive and exhaustive sources. To do this we use distance functions, which are calculated empirically using linear programming techniques. However, we may not learn a great deal by solving these linear programs unless methods of statistical analysis are used to examine the properties of the relevant estimators. Our purpose is to provide a methodology based on bootstrap that allows us to conduct statistical inference for the profit change decomposition. Thus, it will be po…

General Computer ScienceLinear programmingComputer scienceEstimatorContext (language use)Management Science and Operations ResearchProfit (economics)BankingBootstrapBootstrapping (electronics)Modeling and SimulationEconometricsProductivityProductivityProfits
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Relative risk estimation of dengue disease at small spatial scale

2017

Abstract Background Dengue is a high incidence arboviral disease in tropical countries around the world. Colombia is an endemic country due to the favourable environmental conditions for vector survival and spread. Dengue surveillance in Colombia is based in passive notification of cases, supporting monitoring, prediction, risk factor identification and intervention measures. Even though the surveillance network works adequately, disease mapping techniques currently developed and employed for many health problems are not widely applied. We select the Colombian city of Bucaramanga to apply Bayesian areal disease mapping models, testing the challenges and difficulties of the approach. Methods…

General Computer ScienceOperations research030231 tropical medicinePopulationGeographic MappingColombialcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informaticsNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexDengue feverDengue03 medical and health sciencessymbols.namesake0302 clinical medicineCohen's kappaRisk FactorsStatisticsmedicineHumans030212 general & internal medicineSatellite imagesRisk factoreducationEstimationeducation.field_of_studyResearchPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthCohen’s KappaMarkov chain Monte CarloBayes Theoremmedicine.diseaseGeneral Business Management and AccountingBayesian modelingGeographyData qualitysymbolsDisease mappinglcsh:R858-859.7International Journal of Health Geographics
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Managing information security risks during new technology adoption

2012

Author's version of an article in the journal: Computers and Security. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2012.09.001 In the present study, we draw on previous system dynamics research on operational transition and change of vulnerability to investigate the role of incident response capability in controlling the severity of incidents during the adoption of new technology. Toward this end, we build a system dynamics model using the Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry as the context. The Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry has started to adopt new information communication technology to connect its offshore platforms, onshore control centers, and suppliers. In oil co…

General Computer Sciencedelaybusiness.industryinformation security managementVDP::Technology: 500::Information and communication technology: 550Context (language use)Information securityIntegrated operationsComputer securitycomputer.software_genreProblem managementreactive investmentInformation security managementRisk analysis (engineering)Information and Communications Technologyproactive investmentsystem dynamicsintegrated operationsbusinessLawcomputerRisk managementVulnerability (computing)Computers & Security
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Fake news on Facebook and their impact on supply chain disruption during COVID-19

2022

AbstractSocial media (SM) fake news has become a serious concern especially during COVID-19. In this study, we develop a research model to investigate to what extent SM fake news contributes to supply chain disruption (SCD), and what are the different SM affordances that contribute to SM fake news. To test the derived hypotheses with survey data, we have applied partial least square based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) technique. Further, to identify how different configurations of SC resilience (SCR) capabilities reduce SCD, we have used fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The results show that SM affordances lead to fake news, which increases consumer panic buying…

General Decision SciencesVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200Management Science and Operations ResearchVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Medievitenskap og journalistikk: 310
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Das Dualproblem in der linearen Planungsrechnung

1959

Der folgende Beitrag zeigt den okonomischen Hintergrund des mathematischen Problems der Dualitat. Es werden das Beispiel eines Primal- und des zugehorigen Dualproblems sowie die allgemeinen Eigenschaften der Dualitat behandelt. Wahrend die Losung der ursprunglichen Aufgabe eine optimale Ausnutzung der vorhandenen Betriebskapazitaten im Hinblick auf den erreichbaren Maximalgewinn anstrebte, werden durch die Losung des Dualproblems diesen einzelnen Kapazitaten, dem Grade ihrer Knappheit entsprechend, bestimmte Werte zugerechnet. Aus diesen Werten konnen wertvolle Hinweise fur die Kapazitatsplanung gewonnen werden.

General MathematicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoftwareUnternehmensforschung Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle
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Zur Bestimmung der wirtschaftlichen Bestellmenge bei Preisstaffeln

1970

Es wird ein analytisches Verfahren zur Berechnung der wirtschaftlichen Bestellmenge unter Berucksichtigung einer Mengen-Preis-Staffel beschrieben. Wahrend man bei der klassischen Losung dieses Problems zu vorgegebenem Bedarfiterativ den gunstigsten Preisnachlas bestimmt, wird bei dieser Methode gefragt, fur welchen Jahresbedarfsbereich ein vorgegebener Rabatt optimal ist. Aus dieser Fragestellung heraus kann eine Tabelle entwickelt werden, der die wirtschaftlichen Bestellmengen unmittelbar zu entnehmen sind. Das Verfahren eignet sich besonders zur Behandlung gleichartiger Produkte, deren Preis sich nach derselben Mengen-Preis-Staffel richtet.

General MathematicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoftwareUnternehmensforschung Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle
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Die Anwendung der Dynamischen Optimierung bei der Sozial-Sanitären Bezirkseinteilung

1979

Nach einer kurzen Analyse des Problems der optimalen Aufteilung eines geographischen Gebietes in sozial-sanitare Bezirke wird in der vorliegenden Arbeit fur die Losung eines solchen Problems ein Modell dynamischer Programmierung verwendet. Es werden dann zwei Algorithmen vorgeschlagen: der erste, der von der territorialen Einheit ausgeht, soll die zulassigen sozial-sanitaren Bezirke unter Berucksichtigung der Faktoren Nahe, Dichte und begrenzter Bevolke-rungsunterschied ermitteln; der zweite errechnet jene Gesamtheit der zulassigen Bezirke, die, jede territoriale Einheit nur einmal „deckend“, eine Zielfunktion auf ein Minimum reduziert, die das Gleichgewicht zwischen Angebot und Nachfrage d…

General MathematicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoftwareZeitschrift für Operations Research
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Die Methode der „direkten Koeffizientenanpassung“ (μ-Form) des Separable Programming

1970

Zur approximativen Losung von Optimierungsproblemen mit trennbaren nichtlinearen Funktionen (Separable Programming) werden haufig modifizierte Methoden der linearen Planungsrechnung verwendet. Dabei ersetzt man die nichtlinearen Funktionen durch lineare Streckenzuge. Fur diese polygonale Approximation werden in der Literatur die sog.λ-Form und die sog.δ-Form vorgeschlagen, die jedoch eine aufwendige Datenorganisation erfordern. In diesem Beitrag soll eine kompaktere Organisationsform (μ-Form) vorgeschlagen werden. Zu ihrer Durchfuhrung werden die Rechenregeln der Upper-Bounding-Technique und die Regeln zur nachtraglichen Anderung von Matrixelementen verwendet. Der Vorteil gegenuber derλ-For…

General MathematicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchSoftwareUnternehmensforschung Operations Research - Recherche Opérationnelle
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