The aim of this study is to refine the RMIC by developing a consensus-based taxonomy of key features.
Perhaps, further improvement may be achieved by developing a consensus-based model using machine learning techniques, but it is beyond the scope of this study.
In addition, ISPOR members contributed to developing a consensus report by submitting written comments during the review process and oral comments during two forum presentations at the ISPOR 16th and 17th Annual International Meetings held in Baltimore (2011) and Washington, DC (2012).
We also aimed to assess the criteria systematically by developing an international consensus on not only which criteria should be used to prioritise diagnostic technologies, but also their relative importance.
The NRC panel hopes to help defuse such internal conflicts by developing a long-term consensus plan similar to those adopted by astronomers and physicists.
The aim of this study is to understand the genome structure of Arachis by developing a high-density integrated consensus map.
In addition, we solicited expert opinions in person at the 8th International Conference on Typhoid Fever and Other Invasive Salmonelloses in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013, and by email to develop a consensus CFR.
The first paper, "A group consensus model for evaluating real estate investment alternatives", by Wenshuai Wu and Gang Kou, develops a consensus model for group decision-making (GDM) to gather group ideas and analyze the real estate investment environment under multi-criteria problems.
An international subcommittee – with members from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO), the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology CAROO) and the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG) – led by Hoyer et al [3] developed a consensus statement of liver metastases radiation therapy.
Certainly, a plan for broader public education at this point can only help to improve any decision-making process, both on an individual patient level by better informing advance care planning, and on a societal level by developing consensus on how these scarce resources can best be allocated.
