We identified 22 items relating to the structure of the model and broadly classified them into 10 domains: 1) statement of decision problem/objective; 2) statement of scope/perspective; 3) rationale for structure; 4) structural assumptions; 5) strategies/comparators; 6) model type; 7) time horizon; 8) disease states/pathways; 9) cycle length; and, 10) parsimony.
The rationale of the preceding "structure plans" appeared to be too compilatory with aims which were diagnostic and cognitive rather than strategic and project-oriented.
Further, the rationale of the model structure was not established well, and the issues of data identification and assessment of uncertainty were not appropriately addressed.
The article presents the rationale and structure of a decision support system (DSS) and of a Fertigation module (FS – Fertigation Simulator).
(DJN VII.3.1, 2.10; Seidler 1996) Moreover, in combining a title to command with the strength to sanction or compel, it also recalls the general structure and rationale of the moral obligation that enjoins humans to constitute it in the first place.
This report describes the rationale, purpose, structure, and content of the emergency medical services (EMS) injury prevention program "Accidents Aren't".
Based on the rationale of providing a temporary three-dimensional structure for the growth of living cells and guide for tissue formation, various biopolymers assembled in the form of a scaffold have been developed (Kon et al. [2012a]).
The project objectives and the rationale behind the structure of the survey instrument as well as that of each question in the questionnaire were discussed in detail.
However, like the previous rationale, the inferential structure of this one seems weak; even if an afterlife were required for just outcomes, it is not obvious why an eternal afterlife should be thought necessary (Perrett 1986, 220).
The rationale and detailed structure of four indicators are presented; these relate to: organic nutrient application, organic nutrient storage, the biodiversity value of intensive grass husbandry, and the aesthetic landscape value of grass husbandry practice.
