They are, again, the West Coast version of the Tampa Bay Rays, a pesky contender surviving on smart, cost-efficient decisions.
This study provided a general cost modeling approach that can facilitate decision making and planning of data collection in future studies, as well as investigation into cost efficiency and cost efficient study design.
This paper describes a case study where data from a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system located in a large manufacturing company was fused with grid electricity and gas models as well as a maintenance cost model using the 5C architecture with a view to making effective decisions on its cost efficient operation.
Compensating higher liability risk with increased monetary compensation in the event of a continuation may induce efficient decisions at the cost of the creditor's payoff.
2 At a time when out-of-pocket payments for healthcare are increasing, 3 and the growing number of 'consumer-directed' high deductible health plans put more pressure on patients to make cost-efficient healthcare decisions, 4 5 the opacity of healthcare pricing is increasingly concerning.
According to Table 3, there are no cost efficient banks, because banks are not performing efficiently at both decision levels.
Results show that the developed two stage stochastic programming model provides acceptable solutions to make efficient decisions under quantity, quality and transportation cost uncertainties.
An even larger gap exists in assessments of the value of health benefits in a cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness framework, which ideally would be used for making more efficient decisions on adaptation policies and resource allocations [ 21].
Passing along higher costs, he said, was important to "encourage customers to make efficient decisions about electricity consumption and the need for conservation".
It is assumed that people would make socially efficient decisions if they fully consider the social costs and benefits.
Moreover, they might serve as a foundation for developing decision support systems (DSS) that aid managers in planning and designing profitable or cost efficient assembly and transfer lines.
