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Bayesian methods in pharmaceutical research /

Table of Contents: “…CarlinIII Post-marketing Chapter 14: Bayesian Methods for Meta-AnalysisNicky J Welton, Haley E Jones, and Sofia DiasChapter 15: Economic Evaluation and Cost-E_ectiveness of Health Care InterventionsNicky J Welton, Mark Strong, Christopher Jackson, and Gianluca BaioChapter 16: Bayesian Modeling for Economic Evaluation Using "Real World Evidence"Gianluca BaioChapter 17: Bayesian Bene_t-Risk Evaluation in Pharmaceutical Research Carl Di Casoli, Yueqin Zhao, Yannis Jemiai, Pritibha Singh, and Maria CostaIV Product development and manufacturing Chapter 18: Product Development and Manufacturing Bruno Boulanger and Timothy MutsvariChapter 19: Process Development and Validation John J. …”
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Relationships among the brain, the digestive system, and eating behavior : workshop summary / by Pray, Leslie A.

Table of Contents: “…-- The Addiction Model Is Appropriate for Use with Food -- The Addiction Model Is Not Appropriate for Use with Food -- Discussion with the Audience -- 5. Integrating The Evidence -- Food Reward, Appetite, Satiety, and Obesity -- Concluding Discussion with the Audience -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIXES -- A. …”
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Freshwater Governance for the 21st Century

Table of Contents: “…Towards Inclusive Water Governance: OECD Evidence and Key Principles of Stakeholder Engagement in the Water Sector -- 4. …”
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Multicriteria decision aid and artificial intelligence links, theory and applications / by Doumpos, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Contributors Preface Part One The Contributions of Intelligent Techniques in Multicriteria Decision Aiding 1 Computational Intelligence Techniques for Multicriteria Decision Aiding: An Overview 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The MCDA Paradigm 1.2.1 Modeling Process 1.2.2 Methodological Approaches 1.3 Computational Intelligence in MCDA 1.3.1 Statistical Learning and Data Mining 1.3.2 Fuzzy Modeling 1.3.3 Metaheuristics 1.4 Conclusions References 2 Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Fundamentals of Human Decision Making 2.3 Decision Support System 2.4 Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2.4.1 Artificial Neural Networks for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.2 Fuzzy Logic for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.3 Expert Systems for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.4 Evolutionary Computing for Intelligent Decision Support 2.4.5 Intelligent Agents for Intelligent Decision Support 2.5 Evaluating Intelligent Decision Support Systems 2.5.1 Determining Evaluation Criteria 2.5.2 Multi-Criteria Model for IDSS Assessment 2.6 Summary and Future Trends References Part Two Intelligent Technologies for Decision Support and Preference Modeling 3 Designing Distributed Multi-Criteria Decision Support Systems for Complex and Uncertain Situations 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Example Applications 3.3 Key Challenges 3.4 Making Trade-offs: Multi-criteria Decision Analysis 3.4.1 Multi-attribute Decision Support 3.4.2 Making Trade-offs Under Uncertainty 3.5 Exploring the Future: Scenario-based Reasoning 3.6 Making Robust Decisions: Combining MCDA and SBR 3.6.1 Decisions Under Uncertainty: The Concept of Robustness 3.6.2 Combining Scenarios and MCDA 3.6.3 Collecting, Sharing and Processing Information: A Distributed Approach 3.6.4 Keeping Track of Future Developments: Constructing Comparable Scenarios 3.6.5 Respecting Constraints and Requirements: Scenario Management 3.6.6 Assisting Evaluation: Assessing Large Numbers of Scenarios 3.7 Discussion 3.8 Conclusion References 4 Preference Representation with Ontologies 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 Structure of the Chapter 4.2 Ontology-based Preference Models 4.3 Maintaining the User's Profile up to Date 4.4 Decision Making Methods Exploiting the Preference Information Stored in Ontologies 4.4.1 Recommendation Based on Aggregation 4.4.2 Recommendation Based on Similarities 4.4.3 Recommendation Based on Rules 4.5 Discussion and Open Questions References Part Three Decision Models 5 Neural Networks in Multicriteria Decision Support 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Basic Concepts of Neural Networks 5.2.1 Neural Networks for Intelligent Decision Support 5.3 Basics in Multicriteria Decision Aid 5.3.1 MCDM Problems 5.3.2 Solutions of MCDM Problems 5.4 Neural Networks and Multicriteria Decision Support 5.4.1 Review of Neural Network Applications to MCDM Problems 5.4.2 Discussion 5.5 Summary and Conclusions References 6 Rule-Based Approach to Multicriteria Ranking 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Problem Setting 6.3 Pairwise Comparison Table (PCT) 6.4 Rough Approximation of Outranking and Non-outranking Relations 6.5 Induction and Application of Decision Rules 6.6 Exploitation of Preference Graphs 6.7 Illustrative Example 6.8 Summary and Conclusions References 7 About the Application of Evidence Theory in MultiCriteria Decision Aid 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Evidence Theory: Some Concepts 7.2.1 Knowledge Model 7.2.2 Combination 7.2.3 Decision Making 7.3 New Concepts in Evidence Theory for MCDA 7.3.1 First Belief Dominance 7.3.2 RBBD Concept 7.4 Multicriteria Methods modeled by Evidence Theory 7.4.1 Evidential Reasoning Approach 7.4.2 DS/AHP 7.4.3 DISSET 7.4.4 A Choice Model Inspired by ELECTRE I 7.4.5 A Ranking Model Inspired by Xu et al.'…”
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Reforming severance pay an international perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Severance pay under review : key issues, policy conclusions, and research agenda / Robert Holzmann and Milan Vodopivec -- Severance pay programs around the world : history, rationale, status, and reforms / Robert Holzmann, Yann Pouget, Milan Vodopivec, and Michael Weber -- Mandated severance pay and firing cost distortions : a critical review of the evidence / Donald O. Parsons -- The firing cost implications of alternative severance pay designs / Donald O. …”
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Defendants and victims in international criminal justice : ensuring and balancing their rights /

Table of Contents: “…The content of internationally recognised human rights under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court / Sergii Masol -- For better or worse : the rights of defendants and victims before the African Court of Justice and human and peoples' rights / Oliver Windridge -- Balancing prejudice : fair trial rights and international procedural decisions relating to evidence / Rogier Bartels -- UNSC sanctions regimes and the ICC : arguments against cooperation for arrest and investigative purposes in light of defendants' rights / Alice Riccardi -- The presence of the accused during trial : bridging the gap between mandatory presence and in absentia trials / Talita de Souza Dias and Tsvetelina van Bentham -- Useful in theory, useless in practice? …”
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Strengths of the Social Safety Net in the Great Recession : Supplemental Nutrition Assistance and Unemployment Insurance /

Table of Contents: “…Mueser -- UI and SNAP as a safety net during the Great Recession : evidence from Georgia / Lakshmi Pandey, Peter Bluestone, Alex Hathaway, Sarah E. …”
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Empire's Violent End : Comparing Dutch, British, and French Wars of Decolonization, 1945–1962 /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Beyond the League Table of Barbarity : Comparing Extreme Violence during the Wars of Decolonization / Thijs Brocades Zaalberg and Bart Luttikhuis -- Not an Afterthought : Accountability for Colonial Violence in the Dutch and British Metropoles / Huw Bennett and Peter Romijn -- Windows onto the Micro-Dynamics of Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence : Evidence from Late Colonial Southeast Asia and Africa Compared / Roel Frakking and Martin Thomas -- Cracking Down on Revolutionary Zeal and Violence : Local Dynamics and Early Colonial Responses to the Independence Struggle in Indochina and the Indonesian Archipelago, 1945-1947 / Pierre Asselin and Henk Schulte Nordholt -- The Places, Traces, and Politics of Rape in the Indonesian and the Algerian Wars of Independence / Stef Scagliola and Natalya Vince, in collaboration with Khedidja Adel and Galuh Amba -- "The normal order of things" : Contextualizing "Technical Violence" in the Netherlands-Indonesia War / Azarja Harmanny and Brian McAllister Linn -- "Bloodshed on a rather large scale" : Tactical Conduct and Non-combatant Casualties in Dutch, French, and British Colonial Counterinsurgency / Christiaan Harinck -- Comparing the Afterlives, Political Uses, and Memories of Extreme Violence during the Wars of Decolonization in France, the Netherlands, and Britain / Raphaëlle Branche.…”
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Treating substance abuse : theory and technique /