Representing human decisions is of fundamental importance in agent-based models. However, the rationale for choosing a particular human decision model is often not sufficiently empirically or ...theoretically substantiated in the model documentation. Furthermore, it is difficult to compare models because the model descriptions are often incomplete, not transparent and difficult to understand. Therefore, we expand and refine the ‘ODD’ (Overview, Design Concepts and Details) protocol to establish a standard for describing ABMs that includes human decision-making (ODD + D). Because the ODD protocol originates mainly from an ecological perspective, some adaptations are necessary to better capture human decision-making. We extended and rearranged the design concepts and related guiding questions to differentiate and describe decision-making, adaptation and learning of the agents in a comprehensive and clearly structured way. The ODD + D protocol also incorporates a section on ‘Theoretical and Empirical Background’ to encourage model designs and model assumptions that are more closely related to theory. The application of the ODD + D protocol is illustrated with a description of a social–ecological ABM on water use. Although the ODD + D protocol was developed on the basis of example implementations within the socio-ecological scientific community, we believe that the ODD + D protocol may prove helpful for describing ABMs in general when human decisions are included.
•We expand the ODD protocol to describe human decisions in ABMs.•We exemplify the new ODD + D (ODD + Decision) with a social–ecological ABM on water use.•ODD + D facilitates communication and comparison of models.
Representing human decisions is of fundamental importance in agent-based models. However, the rationale for choosing a particular human decision model is often not sufficiently empirically or ...theoretically substantiated in the model documentation. Furthermore, it is difficult to compare models because the model descriptions are often incomplete, not transparent and difficult to understand. Therefore, we expand and refine the 'ODD' (Overview, Design Concepts and Details) protocol to establish a standard for describing ABMs that includes human decision-making (ODD + D). Because the ODD protocol originates mainly from an ecological perspective, some adaptations are necessary to better capture human decision-making. We extended and rearranged the design concepts and related guiding questions to differentiate and describe decision-making, adaptation and learning of the agents in a comprehensive and clearly structured way. The ODD + D protocol also incorporates a section on 'Theoretical and Empirical Background' to encourage model designs and model assumptions that are more closely related to theory. The application of the ODD + D protocol is illustrated with a description of a social ecological ABM on water use. Although the ODD + D protocol was developed on the basis of example implementations within the socio-ecological scientific community, we believe that the ODD + D protocol may prove helpful for describing ABMs in general when human decisions are included.
As the number of introduced species keeps increasing unabatedly, identifying and prioritising current and potential Invasive Alien Species (IAS) has become essential to manage them. Horizon Scanning ...(HS), defined as an exploration of potential threats, is considered a fundamental component of IAS management. By combining scientific knowledge on taxa with expert opinion, we identified the most relevant aquatic IAS in the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., those with the greatest geographic extent (or probability of introduction), severe ecological, economic and human health impacts, greatest difficulty and acceptability of management. We highlighted the 126 most relevant IAS already present in Iberian inland waters (i.e., Concern list) and 89 with a high probability of being introduced in the near future (i.e., Alert list), of which 24 and 10 IAS, respectively, were considered as a management priority after receiving the highest scores in the expert assessment (i.e., top-ranked IAS). In both lists, aquatic IAS belonging to the four thematic groups (plants, freshwater invertebrates, estuarine invertebrates, and vertebrates) were identified as having been introduced through various pathways from different regions of the world and classified according to their main functional feeding groups. Also, the latest update of the list of IAS of Union concern pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 includes only 12 top-ranked IAS identified for the Iberian Peninsula, while the national lists incorporate the vast majority of them. This fact underlines the great importance of taxa prioritisation exercises at biogeographical scales as a step prior to risk analyses and their inclusion in national lists. This HS provides a robust assessment and a cost-effective strategy for decision-makers and stakeholders to prioritise the use of limited resources for IAS prevention and management. Although applied at a transnational level in a European biodiversity hotspot, this approach is designed for potential application at any geographical or administrative scale, including the continental one.
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•Horizon scan (HS) of aquatic IAS was performed in a European biodiversity hotspot.•Concern and Alert list included 126 recorded and 89 potential IAS, respectively.•IAS were scored for invasiveness, impacts, management difficulty and acceptability.•24 recorded and 10 potential IAS received the highest scores in expert assessment.•Many high-scoring IAS are left out of national and European legally binding lists.
The recently introduced concept of supply chain entrepreneurial embeddedness (SCEE) refers to the extent to which large firms integrate entrepreneurial capabilities into their supply chains. ...Achieving a higher degree of SCEE can involve assimilating entrepreneurial practices by copying entrepreneurial firms’ behavior, allying with entrepreneurial firms to gain access to and learn from them, and acquiring entrepreneurial firms to bring their practices inside the firm. Because SCEE appears to be a pathway to enhanced firm performance, enhancing SCEE should be attractive. However, our thesis is that efforts to do so may be undermined by cognitive biases—heuristics used by the human mind to simplify complex situations that result in distorted thinking. We explore the possible problems arising due to 11 cognitive biases discussed by Schwenk (Strategic Management Journal, 1984, 5(2), 111). We offer two brief case examples of companies that are seeking to make their supply chains more entrepreneurial; each illustrates several of the biases in action. We also consider whether supply chain complexity and entrepreneurial orientation can mitigate or strengthen cognitive biases’ harmful effects on SCEE. In doing so, we construct an important interface across entrepreneurship and supply chain management.
Decision-Making in Healthcare. A Bibliometric Exploration Olariu, Ana Alexandra; Breazu, Andreea; Popa, Ștefan Cătălin ...
Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Business Excellence,
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The dynamic environment in which healthcare systems operate highlights the importance of the decision-making process, especially considering the fact that it influences the quality of services and ...the well-being of patients. The aim of this research is to examine the conceptual link between the concepts “decision”, “decision making process”, “healthcare”, and “management” and how they interact in the literature. Thus, the research aims to identify common trends and patterns in these areas. The research carries out scientific mapping using a three-stage methodological approach: bibliographic data collection through refined searches in the Web of Science database, data analysis using Biblioshiny, and subsequent bibliometric analysis of the 259 scientific documents collected. The main results of the analyses carried out illustrated an increase in scientific publications over time, especially in 2023, when most academic materials were published. International collaboration is in its infancy, with the US and China leading such collaborations. The theoretical implications are centered around the methodological approach to research in the healthcare field. Regarding the practical implications, the research provides information to decision-makers in the medical sector by identifying current contexts in the lives of organizations, but also to academics, with the research having the role of revealing publication sources and other information of interest to them.
Objective
Reluctance to share hereditary cancer syndrome genetic test results with family is reported among Asian patients. This study aims to explore patient factors influencing result sharing with ...family, to improve overall testing uptake.
Methods
Participants were women with a personal/family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer who received a positive, negative, or variant of uncertain significance test result. In‐depth interviews were conducted to theme saturation to explore facilitators and barriers for sharing results with family. Grounded theory with thematic analysis was applied in analysis and interpretation.
Results
Twenty‐four women participated. Three themes representing facilitators emerged for all results categories: family closeness, involvement of families in the testing process, and perception of low emotional impact of results. In the positive result category, 2 facilitator themes emerged: presence of actionable results and perception of family members' acceptance. In the negative and variant of uncertain significance result categories, 2 themes representing barriers to sharing emerged: perception of no genetic or medical implication for family and result ambiguity.
Conclusion
Facilitators and barriers for result sharing are similar to those among Western women. A framework to explain Asian patients' decision‐making process identifies optimal counselling opportunities to enhance communication with family.
The objective of this manuscript is to present the concept of the complex interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy (CIVIF) set, their algebraic operations and their corresponding aggregation operators, ...which can better represent the time-periodic problems and two-dimensional information in a single set. The proposed CIVIF set includes the characteristics of both complex intuitionistic fuzzy set, as well as the interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets. Some of the basic operational laws and their properties have been investigated in details. Also, we have developed some new weighted and ordered weighted averaging and geometric aggregation operators with complex interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy information. The proposed operations are the generalization of the operations of interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy, complex fuzzy and complex intuitionistic fuzzy theories. Furthermore, a group decision-making method is established based on these operators. Finally, an illustrative example is used to illustrate the applicability and validity of the proposed approach and compare the results with the existing methods to show the effectiveness of it.
Green retrofitting (GR) of existing residential buildings is widely acknowledged as a potential solution for addressing climate and energy challenges. However, the realization of GR potential depends ...on homeowners’ decision-making, as they play a pivotal role in initiating GR and are the primary users of retrofitted homes. Previous studies have explored homeowners’ GR decisions from various perspectives. The majority of these studies may have encountered limitations, such as the use of static analysis methods, homogeneity assumptions, and oversimplified decision processes. These limitations can potentially hinder a comprehensive understanding of homeowners’ GR adoption, indicating the need for further research. To address this research gap, this study develops a decision-making model for homeowners that incorporates multiple dimensions: heterogeneity (e.g., individual attributes and GR motivations), a multi-stage decision process (needs-utility-willingness-adoption), and dynamic adaptability (both at individual and overall networks). The proposed model is empirically validated through Python simulations based on a case study in China. The findings of this study reveal the critical roles of GR needs, perceived (actual) utility, and perceived behavioral control in homeowners’ adoption of GR. Moreover, this study highlights the significance of coordinating homeowners’ overall perceived utility with the specific sub-utility associated with their motivations. Furthermore, empirical evidence underscores the influence of social factors on GR adoption and emphasizes the existence of gaps across different stages of the decision-making process. Drawing from these research findings, policy implications are proposed for promoting housing GR. This research contributes to the advancement of decision models for building GR and provides valuable insights for policymakers to promote housing GR.
With increased consumption of green products, organizations have promoted their products and services as green to attract an environmentally growing segment. However, 98% of the products advertised ...as green have some element characterized as greenwashing, affecting consumer satisfaction. Given the need to classify subjective, ambiguous and imprecise indicators as consumer satisfaction degree of green products, a computational model of measurement is proposed that incorporates fuzzy logic techniques to reduce the incidence of uncertainty in decision analysis processes, facilitating decision-making. The fuzzy rule-based system created allows the efficient handling of uncertainties and vagueness of input data, measuring the relationships between various input variables to analyze consumer behavior and perception of greenwashing. The Mamdani's Inference Method was used to make different combinations of linguistic variables and to evaluate the relationship of these variables to consumer behavior, implementing a quantitative method of decision-making regarding the behavior of the variables. As a result, it is observed that greenwashing confuses and influences the consumer in green product confidence in retail. After the application of the system, it is concluded that the results are feasible and with the use of fuzzy logic, the system can help in the analysis and determination of the consumer satisfaction degree, and can helps companies to make future forecasts about consumer behavior of green products. The proposed approach enriches the information on the attitudes of green consumers when they perceive greenwashing. Besides, the system facilitates the decision-making and actions of both consumers and companies that apply the greenwashing as a marketing strategy.
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•Creation of computational method to interpret conditions to reach consumer satisfaction.•The established method, based on fuzzy logic, partially imitates human reasoning.•Fuzzy system design facilitates analysis and determination of Consumer satisfaction's degree.•System help companies to make predictions about consumer behavior of green products, analyze and determine the degree of consumer satisfaction.•Greenwashing confuses and influences the consumer in green product confidence in retail, and decreases the satisfaction degree.
There are several motives underlying the process of deciding to become an adoptive family. However, research exploring this issue is scarce and essentially focused on infertility as the main ...motivation. The present mixed‐method study aims to fill in this gap by exploring, retrospectively, the motives to adopt of 126 Portuguese adoptive parents. The Parents' Interview on the Adoption Process was used to identify the motives to adopt and describe the adoption decision‐making process. Seven main motives (biological issues, filling in a void/loneliness, adoption as a life project, expanding the family, philanthropy, contact with the child protection system and parenthood) were identified. These motives can be centred on the self, the child or both simultaneously and are characterized by dynamism, permeability and interconnection. Findings allowed for establishing conceptual considerations on motivations to adopt and recommendations for adoption practice.
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