Proper maintenance schedule is required to improve manufacturing systems’ profitability and productivity. A novel dynamic maintenance strategy is thus developed to incorporate both the single-machine optimization and the whole-system schedule for series–parallel system. Firstly, multiple...

Decision making in healthcare often involves decision alternatives that vary on different dimensions in conflicting ways, such as health benefits and costs. In such cases, it is not always easy to identify the best option, as a trade-off has to be made. In preference studies, patients evaluate...

<Para ID="Par1"> Understanding the potential evolution of a volcanic crisis is crucial for designing effective mitigation strategies. This is especially the case for volcanoes close to densely populated regions, where inappropriate decisions may trigger widespread loss of life, economic disruption, and public...</para>

<Para ID="Par1">Gender differences in reward sensitivity and information processing were examined in two studies using a dynamic decision-making task. In Experiment 1, the optimal strategy involved forgoing an option that provided larger immediate rewards in favor of one yielding larger delayed rewards. In...</para>

Flood management decision-makers face significant challenges as the climate changes. The perceptions of those affected by floods are critical to the successful implementation of adaptation responses; risk perceptions are affected by how information is communicated and, in turn, perceptions...

<Para ID="Par1">Worldwide, many rivers experience serious water deficiency to such a degree that artificial water recharge is the only option for their ecological restoration. In this contribution, we present a framework for comprehensively evaluating multi-objective scenarios to support decision-making for...</para>

<Para ID="Par1">Animals deal with predictable and unpredictable events on a daily basis. Yet our knowledge of the cognitive processes involved in decisions remains limited. We tested capuchins, macaques and orang-utans in a food-gambling task to investigate whether or not individuals estimate the chances of...</para>