Bio-inspired computational methods have gained popularity recently. These methods mimic the seemingly complex behavior of ...

Resource allocation decisions are crucial for the success of an organization. This paper proposes an integrated approach to resource allocation problems, in which decision makers have one observation ...

Traditional approaches to reducing health care spending often involve eroding coverage for care indiscriminately and fail to take a holistic perspective on all sources of costs and value. We believe ...

AbstractE-content revolution, technological advances, and ever-shrinking budgets oblige libraries to efficiently allocate their limited resources between collection and services. Unfortunately, ...

From the Hippocratic perspective, the focus of medical action gravitates around the physician-patient encounter. It establishes a fiduciary relationship between the physician and the patient. [9,10,11 ...