scholarly journals A web-based decision support tool for groundwater remediation technologies selection

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olfa Khelifi ◽  
Andrea Lodolo ◽  
Sanja Vranes ◽  
Gabriele Centi ◽  
Stanislav Miertus
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Groundwater Remediation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Problem Complexity ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Promethee Ii

Groundwater remediation operation involves several considerations in terms of environmental, technological and socio-economic aspects. A decision support tool (DST) becomes therefore necessary in order to manage problem complexity and to define effective groundwater remediation interventions. CCR (Credence Clearwater Revival), a decision support tool for groundwater remediation technologies assessment and selection, has been developed to help decision-makers (site owners, investors, local community representatives, environmentalists, regulators, etc.) to assess the available technologies and select the preferred remedial options. The analysis is based on technical, economical, environmental and social criteria. These criteria are ranked by all involved parties to determine their relative importance for a particular groundwater remediation project. The Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) is the core of the CCR using the PROMETHEE II algorithm.

scholarly journals Challenges involved in establishing a web-based clinical decision support tool in community health centers

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 100488
Author(s):  
Rachel Gold ◽  
Mary Middendorf ◽  
John Heintzman ◽  
Joan Nelson ◽  
Patrick O'Connor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Clinical Decision Support ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Health Centers ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Clinical Decision Support Tool

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT AND TEST OF A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR HOSPITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 460-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sampietro-Colom ◽  
Irene Morilla-Bachs ◽  
Santiago Gutierrez-Moreno ◽  
Pedro Gallo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Process Of Care ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
A Value ◽  
Benefit Patient

Objective: To develop and test a decision-support tool for prioritizing new competing Health Technologies (HTs) after their assessment using the mini-HTA approach.Methods:A two layer value/risk tool was developed based on the mini-HTA. The first layer included 12 mini-HTA variables classified in two dimensions, namely value (safety, clinical benefit, patient impact, cost-effectiveness, quality of the evidence, innovativeness) and risk (staff, space and process of care impacts, incremental costs, net cost, investment effort). Weights given to these variables were obtained from a survey among decision-makers (at National/Regional level and hospital settings). A second layer included results from mini-HTA (scored as higher, equal or lower), which compares the performance of the new HT (in terms of the abovementioned 12 variables) with the available comparator. An algorithm combining the first (weights) and second (scores) layers was developed to obtain an overall score for each HT, which was then plotted in a value/risk matrix. The tool was tested using results from the mini-HTAs for three new HTs (Surgical Robot, Platelet Rich Plasma, Deep Brain Stimulation).Results: No significant differences among decision-makers were observed as regards the weights given to the 12 variables, therefore, the median aggregate weights from decision-makers were introduced in the first layer. The dot plot resulting from the mini-HTA presented good power to visually discriminate between the assessed HTs.Conclusion: The decision-support tool developed here makes possible a robust and straightforward comparison of different competing HTs. This facilitates hospital decision-makers deliberations on the prioritization of competing investments under fixed budgets.

A Web-based GIS Decision Support Tool for Determining Corn Aflatoxin Risk: A Case Study Data from Southern Georgia, USA

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 718-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Navarro ◽  
B. Ingram ◽  
R. Kerry ◽  
B. V. Ortiz ◽  
B. T. Scully
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Corn Production ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Southern Georgia ◽  
Case Study Data

Aflatoxin is a fungal toxin contaminating corn and causing liver cancer in humans and animals. Contamination is driven by high temperatures and drought. Aflatoxin assessment is expensive so extension services need to identify high risk areas so irrigation, planting strategies and corn varieties can be adapted. This research presents a web-based decision support tool for risk illustrated with a case study from southern Georgia. The tool employs the approach, developed by Kerry et al. (2017b) where exceedance of key thresholds in temperatures, rainfall, soil type and corn production are used to determine risk. The tool also includes NDVI to indicate drought stress and could be further expanded to include new risk factors and adapted to other crops.

A GIS AND WEB-BASED DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF URBAN SOILS

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 499-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAIN HOSSACK ◽  
DOUGLAS ROBERTSON ◽  
PETER TUCKER ◽  
ANDREW HURSTHOUSE ◽  
COLIN FYFE
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Urban Soils ◽  
Decision Support Tool ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Support Tool
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