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Operations Research, Management Science or Business Analytics is a technology that helps improve business decision making. This book is focused on linear, integer, nonlinear and multiobjective programming, as well as mul...

The selection of distribution center (DC) location is of paramount importance for production systems since an appropriate placement significantly influences transportation costs, delivery lead times, inventory management...

IntroductionFlood risk assessment has become increasingly important in regions vulnerable to climate-induced disasters. This study addresses the need for a robust decision-support framework by proposing a hybrid multi-cr...

With the rapid expansion of transport infrastructure into complex mountainous terrain, bridge-tunnel connecting sections (BTCSs) have emerged as a common yet distinct configuration characterized by high bridge-to-tunnel ...

This Campbell systematic review assesses the effects of advocacy interventions on intimate partner violence and women's wellbeing. The review summarizes findings from 13 studies. Physical abuse: After one year, brief adv...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of input subsidies on agricultural productivity, beneficiary incomes and welfare, consumer welfare and wider economic growth. The review summarizes evidence from 15 ex...

ABSTRACT ‘The climate emergency is also a health emergency’ (England 2024). Climate change directly impacts the health of the human population through events such as earthquakes, flooding, heatwaves and drought, whi...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness of e‐learning in improving evidence‐based health care (EBHC) knowledge and practice. Compared to no learning, pure e‐learning improves EBHC knowledge and s...

Abstract Introduction Several risk factors for progression to severe COVID-19 have been identified, but whether multiple concomitant risk factors (risk stacking) further increase risk remains unknown. We sought to ident...

ABSTRACT Background Halfway through the final decade of actions towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress toward SDG7 is off track. It is estimated that by 2030, 660 million people, mainly rural pop...

This Campbell systematic review assesses the effectiveness of parental, familial, and community support for children's literacy development in developing countries. The review summarises findings from 13 studies, of whic...

Abstract Selecting the appropriate maintenance type is a challenging task that involves multiple criteria working together. This decision has a significant impact on the organization and its overall market sustainability...

Abstract Background Limited knowledge regarding the relative effectiveness of workplace accident prevention approaches creates barriers to informed decision‐making by policy makers, public health practitioners, workpla...

Uno de los pasos más críticos y complejos, en la minería, es seleccionar el método productivo apropiado, basándose en múltiples parámetros. Esto lo vuelve dificultoso y por ello la importancia de desarrollar una h...

The main objective of this Campbell systematic review was to provide a systematic review of the evidence on the effects of microcredit on women's control over household spending in developing countries. More specifically...

ABSTRACT Physical infrastructure, such as market centers and roads, can foster women's economic empowerment and gender equality and mitigate adverse effects of seasonality on availability and prices of nutritious foods. ...

Abstract Background Systematic reviews are increasingly used to inform decision‐making in health, education, social care and environmental protection. However, decision makers still experience barriers to using reviews...

Abstract Background Value chain interventions have become widespread throughout the international development sector over the last 20 years, and there is a need to evaluate their effectiveness in improving women's welfar...

The main objective of this paper centers on reviewing the evolution of Decision Support System´s (DSS) architectures, particularly as they apply to natural resources. Today it is difficult to conceive the existence of a...

In the past, numerous approaches have been formulated either for approximating Pareto-optimal alternatives or supporting the decision making process with an interactive multi criteria decision aiding methodology. The art...

Subjects / keywords: multiple criteria decision making, data envelopment analysis, topsis; Science: Mathematics: Analysis; Social Sciences: Commerce: Business: Business mathematics. Commercial arithmetic. Including tables, etc