The implications of these design and operational decisions were characterized by leveraging a quantitative sustainable design (QSD) framework which integrated steady-state performance modeling across seasonal temperatures (using pilot-scale experimental data and the simulating software DESASS), life cycle cost (LCC) analysis, and life cycle assessment (LCA).
Counsellor, NGO, IDI HIV testing decisions were characterized by a disturbed assessment of benefits and barriers, and although informants were aware of the preventive and treatment benefits implied in testing, strong barriers held them back from being tested.
From a scientific approach, the process of the elaboration of a decision is framed by a certain decisional model, as well as the situation needing the settlement by means of a decision is characterized by the volume, structure and quality of the existent information.
If a company challenged a labor ruling or an environmental regulation, the decision was characterized as liberal.
The decision was characterized by a top-down policy process with the FMOH overtly exercising its power to involve new actors and restrict the involvement of some traditional actors.
From an economic perspective, the split in the estimation procedure is motivated by the fact that the two decision stages are characterized by differences in the involved actors and decision covariates.
Environmental policy and decision-making are characterized by complex interactions between different actors and sectors.
We firstly employ belief and plausibility functions to measure lower and upper approximations in neighborhood-covering rough sets, and then, the attribute reductions of covering information systems and decision systems are characterized by these respective functions.
This situation is directly linked to the fact that the modern decision-making processes are characterized by the unprecedented level of ambiguity and complexity.
The task of monitoring and the associated decision making process are characterized by a high degree of uncertainty with respect to input data and accuracy of models.
Patterns of decision making in SUD are characterized by preference for alternatives featuring high-risk, high-reward, short-term gains despite these options being less adaptive with regard to overall expected value [1], [2].
