A clinical pathway implements best medical practices and represents sequencing and timing of interventions by clinicians for a particular clinical presentation. We used a Bayesian belief network (BBN) to model a clinical pathway for radical prostatectomy and to categorize patient’s length of...

Empirical findings on determinants of long-term economic growth are numerous, sometimes inconsistent, highly exciting and still incomplete. The empirical analysis was almost exclusively carried out by standard econometrics. This study compares results gained by cross-country regressions as...

As organizations become increasingly reliant on distributive technologies, the processes that underpin the effective functioning of employees in virtual environments require systematic examination. This article provides a theoretical framework for studying personality, emotion and judgment in...

The paper deals with issues associated with identification of stocks generating abnormal returns. Following the findings of a finance theory regarding portfolio tilting, a set of price-related stocks' attributes was analyzed. The analysis was conducted with the help of rough sets methodology...

The paper describes the MCDM modeling framework can be extended to account for the notion of regret. The Non-regrettable decisions are generated in accordance with a DM's regret attitude which is established through an analysis of the trade-offs. Decisional validity of a proposed modeling...

The paper describes the use of trade-off information to create effective stock portfolio characterized by the desired values of selected stock attributes. The basic notions behind such a process of portfolio creation are discussed and related to multi attribute analysis which is done by...

This paper attempts to identify characteristics of biodiversity and other (forest) ecosystem conditions that are considered essential for a description of ecosystem functioning and development of sustainable forest management practices in the Siberian forests. This is accomplished through an...