Health informatics : multidisciplinary approaches for current and future professionals

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Handbook on decision making. Vol 2, Risk management in decision making

Table of Contents: “…A Risk-Based Multi-criteria Decision Support System for Sustainable Development in the Textile Supply Chain /…”
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Health informatics : an interprofessional approach

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Unifying the applications and foundations of biomedical and health informatics

Table of Contents: “…Mobile Clinical Decision Support Systems in Our Hands [--] Great Potential but also a Concern /…”
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Crop-soil simulation models : applications in developing countries

Table of Contents: “…Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part 1: Models as tools in research; 2 Models as Research Tools; 3 Crop Genotype Improvement; 4 Crop Management; 5 Cropping and Farming Systems; 6 Regional and National Planning; 7 Global Level Processes; Part 2: Models as decision-support tools; 8 Decision Theory and Decision Support Systems; 9 Tools to Support Operational Decision Making; 10 Tools to Support Strategic Decision Making; 11 Why has the Uptake of Decision Support Systems been so Poor?…”
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Machine Learning for Healthcare Applications by Mohanty, Sachi Nandan

Table of Contents: “…3.4.1 Pre-Processing & Feature Extraction -- 3.4.2 Dataset Description -- 3.5 Result -- 3.5.1 Individual Result Analysis -- 3.5.2 Comparative Results Analysis -- 3.6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 An Expert System-Based Clinical Decision Support System for Hepatitis-B Prediction & Diagnosis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Outline of Clinical DSS -- 4.2.1 Preliminaries -- 4.2.2 Types of Clinical DSS -- 4.2.3 Non-Knowledge-Based Decision Support System (NK-DSS) -- 4.2.4 Knowledge-Based Decision Support System (K-DSS) -- 4.2.5 Hybrid Decision Support System (H-DSS) -- 4.2.6 DSS Architecture…”
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Multi-objective Group Decision Making : Methods Software And Applications With Fuzzy Set Techniques. by Lu, Jie

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Preface; Contents; Part I: Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, and Fuzzy Sets; 1. Decision Making; 2. …”
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Business intelligence and big data : drivers of organizational success by Olszak, Celina

Table of Contents: “…Changing Business Environments and Decision Support Systems. 2. Business Intelligence in Management of Organizations. 3. …”
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Textbook of Computers for Hotel Management. by Sharma, Sonia Rahul

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Computer Fundamentals; Operating System; Networking; Html; Dbms & Rdbms; FoxPro; Structured System Analysis and Design; Information Concepts; System Concepts; Management Information System; Decision Support System; Enterprise Resource Planning; Role of IT in Hotels; Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Powerpoint; Internet; Appendices-1; Appendices-2.…”
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Fundamentals of clinical data science

Table of Contents: “…Data sources -- Data at scale -- Standards in healthcare data -- Using FAIR data / data stewardship -- Privacy / deidentification -- Preparing your data -- Creating a predictive model -- Diving deeper into models -- Validation and Evaluation of reported models -- Clinical decision support systems -- Mobile app development -- Operational excellence -- Value Based Healthcare (Regulatory concerns).…”
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Multicriteria decision aid and artificial intelligence : links, theory and applications by Doumpos, Michael

Table of Contents: “…1.3.1 Statistical learning and data mining1.3.1.1 Artificial neural networks; 1.3.1.2 Rule-based models; 1.3.1.3 Kernel methods; 1.3.2 Fuzzy modeling; 1.3.2.1 Fuzzy multiobjective optimization; 1.3.2.2 Fuzzy preference modeling; 1.3.3 Metaheuristics; 1.3.3.1 Evolutionary methods and metaheuristics in multiobjective optimization; 1.3.3.2 Preference disaggregation with evolutionary techniques; 1.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Intelligent decision support systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fundamentals of human decision making; 2.3 Decision support systems.…”
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Techniques and practices to improve responsiveness in industry

Table of Contents: “…Abstracts & keywords; Guest editorial; Market responsive manufacturing for the automotive supply chain; A cutting sequencing approach to modular manufacturing; An integrated method for designing modular products; An investigation on the readiness of Turkish companies for enterprise resource management; An organizational information network for corporate responsiveness and enhanced performance; Decision support system: real-time control of manufacturing processes; An integrated model for order release and due-date demand management.…”
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Understanding options for agricultural production

Table of Contents: “…Overview of IBSNAT -- Data for model operation, calibration, and evaluation -- Soil water balance and plant water stress -- Nitrogen balance and crop response to nitrogen in upland and lowland cropping systems -- Cereal growth, development and yield -- The CROPGRO model for grain legumes -- Modeling growth and development of root and tuber crops -- Decision support system for agrotechnology transfer; DSSAT v3 -- Modeling and crop improvement -- Simulation as a tool for improving nitrogen management -- The use of a crop simulation model for planning wheat irrigation in Zimbabwe -- Simulation of pest effects on crops using coupled pest-crop models: the potential for decision support -- The use of crop models for international climate change impact assessment -- Evaluation of land resources using crop models and a GIS -- The simulation of cropping sequences using DSSAT -- Risk assessment and food security -- Incorporating farm household decision-making within whole farm models -- Network management and information dissemination for agrotechnology transfer -- Crop simulation models as an educational tool -- Synthesis.…”
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Logistics and supply chain management with artificial intelligence techniques. Part 1

Table of Contents: “…Guest editorial -- Performance measurement and evaluation of suppliers in supply chain -- Evaluation of the supplier performance using an evolutionary fuzzy-based approach -- Multi-agent architecture for supply chain management -- Supply chain scheduling using distributed parallel simulation -- A decision support system to facilitate resources allocation -- An object-based relational data base system using re-configurable finance and material objects -- Collaborative supply chain planning using the artificial neural network approach.…”
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Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Sustainable Mobility by Chatterjee, Sromona

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Understanding the Scene Data- Pavement AreaGrouping in Images -- Chapter 3: Intelligent Road Maintenance- A MachineLearning Approach for Surface DefectDetection -- Chapter 4: Defect Detection on Road Surfaces Using FuzzyImage Descriptors and Keypoint Matching -- Chapter 5: Smart Infrastructure Monitoring: Development ofa Decision Support System for Vision-BasedRoad Crack Detection -- Chapter 6: Contribution and Conclusion…”
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Modelling coastal vulnerability : design and evaluation of a vulnerability model for tropical storms and floods by Marchand, M. (Marcel)

Table of Contents: “…Title page; Preface; Contents; Summary; Samenvatting; Introduction; Coastal hazards, damage and human suffering; Coastal vulnerability and disaster management; The need for new knowledge and tools; The differential nature of vulnerability; Research objective; Research questions; The research strategy; Structure of the thesis; Part 1: Describing the Experience; Design and application of an Expert Decision Support System (EDSS) for coastal Andhra Pradesh; Part 2: Literature Study; Defining vulnerability; Choices in integrated modelling; Policy Analysis: linking context with content.…”
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Benchmarking in Tourism and Hospitality Industries : the Selection of Benchmarking Partners. by Wober, K. W.

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Benchmarking Studies in the Tourism and Hospitality Industries; Chapter 3 Measuring Business Performance; Chapter 4 Methods for Estimating the Production Function; Chapter 5 The Austrian Hotel and Restaurant Panel; Chapter 6 A Mixture Regression Model; Chapter 7 Data Envelopment Analysis; Chapter 8 Evolutionary Data Envelopment Analysis; Chapter 9 Perspectives of Benchmarking Decision Support Systems in Tourism and Hospitality Management; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index.…”
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Software agents, agent systems and their applications

Table of Contents: “…SOFTWARE AGENTS, AGENT SYSTEMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS; Contents; Introduction; Part I -- Foundations; Modeling Multi-Agent Systems with AML; JADE: Java Agents DEvelopment Framework; Jadex Active Components Framework; Wireless Sensor Networks and Software Agents; Multi-Agent Planning; Security and Anonymity in Agent Systems; Part II -- Applications; Multi-Agent Systems -- Theory, Approaches and NASA Applications; Agent-based Control for Multi-UAV Information Collection; Implementing GliderAgent -- an agent-based decision support system for glider pilots.…”
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Uncertainty Modelling in Information Management and Decision Making. by Kahraman, Cengiz

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Editorial review board; Editorial; A fuzzy integrated approach for project selection; Analyzing relationship between ERP utilization and lean manufacturing maturity of Turkish SMEs; An intelligent group decision-support system and its application for project performance evaluation; A fuzzy analytic hierarchy process methodology for the supplier selection problem; Providing an effective group-buying aggregation service:a data-driven approach; A fuzzy expert system design for forecasting return quantity inreverse logistics network.…”
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Clinical Decision Support : the Road Ahead. by Greenes, Robert A.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Clinical Decision Support; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 DEFINITION, SCOPE, AND CHALLENGES; Chapter 2 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT: TECHNICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND GOVERNMENTAL PERSPECTIVES; Chapter 3 FEATURES OF COMPUTER-BASED CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; Chapter 4 REGENSTRIEF MEDICAL INFORMATICS: EXPERIENCES WITH CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; Chapter 5 PATIENTS, DOCTORS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT AT BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AND PARTNERS.…”
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Pro Salute Novi Mundi : a History of the Pan-American Health Organization. by Health, Pan American

Table of Contents: “…Health Management Information System; Summary of Findings; 4. Decision Support Systems; Summary of Findings; 5. Data Quality Assessments; Summary of Findings; 6. …”
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Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring : Case Studies in Asia. by Waugh, William L., Jr

Table of Contents: “…Application of Interactive Dam Safety Decision Support System (INSPiRE) for Flood Emergency Response Plan (ERP) of Sultan A ... …”
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Co-operative structures in global business : communicating, transferring knowledge and learning across the corporate frontier by Boyce, Gordon, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; The theoretical and historical context; Agency agreements in international business: dynamic model of shipowner agent relations, 1870 1939; A family-based network: the Holt Swire Scott connection, decision-support systems and staff development, 1860 1970; A multinational joint venture: the Orient Paint, Varnish and Colour Co., 1932 49; A purchasing co-operative: the Steel Manufacturers' Nickel Syndicate, 1901 39; A licensing pyramid: John Brown Company and International Curtis Marine Turbine Company, 1908 29.…”
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Concepts, models, and tools for information fusion by Bossé, Éloi, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Concepts, Models, and Tools for Information Fusion; Contents v; Foreword xiii; Chapter 1 Introduction 1; Chapter 2 Decision-Making Models 11; Chapter 3 Situation Awareness and Analysis Models 27; Chapter 4 Data- and Information-Fusion Models 69; Chapter 5 Situation Analysis and Decision-Support Systems 119; Chapter 6 Knowledge, Belief, and Uncertainty 141; Chapter 7 Qualitative and Symbolic Approaches 151; Chapter 8 Quantitative Approaches 169; Chapter 9 Hybrid and Graphical Approaches 211; Computational Aspects of Information Fusion 231.…”
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Benchmarking and best practices in industrial service business. by Gunasekaran, A.

Table of Contents: “…; Strategic roles of service sites: application of Ferdows's model; A decision support system to evaluate the business impacts of machine-to-machine system; Meteorological information service support system in wind park application; Service productivity in different industries -- an empirical investigation; Assessing value co-creation and value capture potential in services:a management frame work.…”
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Integrated land use planning for sustainable agriculture and rural development

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 9 Development Of A Web Gis Based Decision Support System For Agriculture Crop Monitoring SystemChapter 10 Site Suitability Analysis For Water Harvesting Structures In Watershed Using Geo-informatics; Chapter 11 Generation Of Sustainable Land Use Plans Using Geo-informatics Technology; Chapter 12 Geomatics For Studying The Temporal Changes In Land Use Land Cover -- A Case Study Of Sindhuvallipura Watershed, Nanjangud Taluk, Mysore District, Karnataka.…”
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Managing Major and Mega Projects : Opening up for New Research Eras. by Drouin, Nathalie

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Editorial boards; Editorial; Megaprojects redefined -complexity vs cost and social imperatives; Increasing project benefits by project opportunity exploitation; Megaproject management and leadership: a narrative analysis of life stories -- past and present; The governance of major public infrastructure projects: theprocess of translation; A methodology based on benchmarking to learn acrossmegaprojects; A fuzzy-based decision support system for ranking the delivery methods of mega projects; Organizing inter-firm project governance -- a contextual modelfor empirical investigation.…”
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PHealth 2015 : Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Wearable Micro and Nano Technologies for Personalized Health ; 2-4 June 2015, Västerås, Sweden

Table of Contents: “…Wearable and Implantable Devices and SystemsA Study of Different Fabrics to Increase Radar Cross Section of Humans; Encapsulation for Smart Textile Electronics -- Humidity and Temperature Sensor; Business Model Design for a Wearable Biofeedback System; Impedance Matching Wireless Power Transmission System for Biomedical Devices; Intelligent Systems; Advanced Decision Support System for Older Adults; Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms to Diagnose Stress for Vehicle Drivers Based on Physiological Sensor Signals.…”
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Down to earth : geographic information for sustainable development in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agenda 21 Implementation: Progress, Challenges, and the Role of Geographic Data -- 3 Geographic Information Activities in Africa -- 4 Facilitating the Use of Geographic Data: Spatial Data and Telecommunications Infrastructures -- 5 Geographic Data for Sustainable Development I: Framework Data -- 6 Geographic Data for Sustainable Development II: Other Thematic Data -- 7 GIS-Based Decision-Support Systems in Africa…”
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Health informatics

Table of Contents: “…Abstracts &amp -- keywords -- Guest Editorial -- Issues and trends in computerisation within UK primary health care -- Defining the regional healthcare planning objective using a multi-criteria approach -- Opinions on the use of clinical decision support systems for paediatric prescribing in a New Zealand Hospital -- Managing thin and thinly distributed knowledge in medical genetics using the Internet -- IS/IT outsourcing practices in the public health sector of Kuwait -- TeleHealth paradigm for Kuwait's healthcare -- Towards an improved collaboration model for the national healthcare system in England and Wales -- Serviceflow management for health provider networks -- Development of a management information system to facilitate the daily activities of a public health group and promote public health awareness in society -- District health information systems in the public sector -- Healthcare information management.…”
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Housing : socioeconomic, availability and development issues

Table of Contents: “…: housing, social and physical environments of neighborhoods bordering major cities and their suburbs -- The outcomes of housing privatisation in South Africa : the case of Mangaung (Bloemfontein) -- A web spatial decision support system for housing evaluation in urban renovation projects -- ... …”
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The store and the Internet of Things : retail operations, marketing and beyond. by Brusset, Xavier

Table of Contents: “…Covers; Editorial advisory board; Guest editorial; Mavens' price and non-price on-pack extrinsic cue search behaviours; Social, local and mobile commerce practices in omni-channel retailing; No more blaming the weather: aretailer's approach to measuring and managing weather variability; Webrooming behaviour: a conceptual framework; The role of consumers' attitudes in estimating consumer response to assortment composition; A decision support system for retail assortment planning; When location and content matter: effects of mobile messages on intention to redeem.…”
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Biomedical informatics : computer applications in health care and biomedicine

Table of Contents: “…. -- Public health informatics and the health information infrastructure -- Patient-care systems -- Patient-monitoring systems -- Imaging systems in radiology -- Information retrieval and digital libraries -- Clinical decision-support systems -- Computers in medical education -- Bioinformatics -- Health care financing and information technology : a historical perspective -- The future of computer applications in biomedicine.…”
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Agricultural Water Management : Proceedings of a Workshop in Tunisia. by Council, National Research

Table of Contents: “…Web-Based Ecological Decision Support SystemRegional Initiative for Dryland Management in Tunisia -- APPENDIX A AGENDA -- APPENDIX B List of Participants…”
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Getting Research Findings into Practice. by Haines, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…7 Roles for lay people in the implementation of healthcare research8 Implementing research findings in clinical practice; 9 Using evidence in clinical practice; 10 Barriers and bridges to evidence-based clinical practice; 11 Decision support systems and clinical innovation; 12 Decision analysis and the implementation of research findings; 13 Evidence-based policy making; 14 Implementing research findings in developing countries; 15 Opportunity costs on trial: new.…”
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Biomedical informatics : computer applications in health care and biomedicine

Table of Contents: “…Biomedical Informatics: The Science and the Pragmatics -- Biomedical Data: Their Acquisition, Storage, and Use -- Biomedical Decision Making: Probabilistic Clinical Reasoning -- Cognitive Science and Biomedical Informatics -- Computer Architectures for Health Care and Biomedicine -- Software Engineering for Health Care and Biomedicine -- Standards in Biomedical Informatics -- Natural Language Processing in Health Care and Biomedicine -- Biomedical Imaging Informatics -- Ethics and Biomedical and Health Informatics: Users, Standards, and Outcomes -- Evaluation of Biomedical and Health Information Resources -- Electronic Health Record Systems -- The Health Information Infrastructure -- Management of Information in Health Care Organizations -- Patient-Centered Care Systems -- Public Health Informatics -- Consumer Health Informatics and Personal Health Records -- Telehealth -- Patient Monitoring Systems -- Imaging Systems in Radiology -- Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries -- Clinical Decision-Support Systems -- Computers in Health Care Education -- Bioinformatics -- Translational Bioinformatics -- Clinical Research Informatics -- Health Information Technology Policy -- The Future of Informatics in Biomedicine.…”

Intelligent Production Machines and Systems : 2nd I*PROMS Virtual International Conference 3-14 July 2006. by Pham, Duc T.

Table of Contents: “…Part VII: Intelligent and Competitive ManufacturingPart VIII: Intelligent Automation Systems; Part IX: Intelligent Decision Support Systems; Part X: Intelligent Design Systems; Part XI: Intelligent Optimisation Techniques for Production Machines and Systems; Part XII: Intelligent Supply Chains; Part XIII: Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems; Part XIV: Novel Human Machine Interfaces -- Tangible Acoustic Interfaces; Part XV: Robotics; Part XVI: Sustainable Manufac.…”
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Geographic information systems

Table of Contents: “…DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The Spatial Decisions Support Systems ; Semi-structural decision problems ; Effectiveness of decision-making process ; The support of the decision ; DBMS and Forestry; DISCUSSION ; RESULTS ; REFERENCES ; GIS AND SPATIAL DECISION MAKING ; ABSTRACT ; 1. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction : Setting Priorities for Effectiveness Research.

Table of Contents: “…STRUCTURE OF THE WORKSHOPBACKGROUND READINGS -- HCFA DATA -- Medicare/Medicaid Decision Support System -- Basic Record Groups -- Acquiring Additional Clinical and Outcomes Data -- Acute Myocardial Infarction Analyses Illustrating the Use of Medicare Data -- HOMEWORK EXERCISE…”
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Cow up a Tree : Knowing and Learning for Change in Agriculture. Case Studies from Industrialised Countries. by Marianne, Cerf

Table of Contents: “…Girard""; ""A Negotiation Decision Support System as a Learning Tool. The case of price elaboration for ewe milk in the corsican dairy sheep industry R. …”
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