Sökning: "Utility-based decision-making."
Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Utility-based decision-making..
1. Fatigue of existing steel bridges : Reliability and risk analyses for decision-making
Sammanfattning : Fatigue is one of the primary reasons that limit the service life of steel bridges. Many bridges in Sweden and other countries have progressively approached their anticipated service lives. Since funding and resources are limited, simultaneously replacement or maintenance of bridges is impractical. LÄS MER
2. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Separation Distances - a utility-based approach to risk management decision-making
Sammanfattning : Decision-making in risk management reflects a normative choice of approach. This dissertation is concerned with the possibility of putting the decision in focus by employing an optimum decision criterion within a utility-based approach. LÄS MER
3. Pipe failure assessment and decision support system for a smart operation and maintenance : A comprehensive literature review and a conceptual decision analysis model proposal
Sammanfattning : The reported research provides a rough guide to the best practice of decision modeling concerning urban pipeline systems’ rehabilitation. The thesis aims to bring attention to the fact that a proper decision-making model is a cornerstone for efficient infrastructure management. LÄS MER
4. Utilities and quality of life in cardiovascular disease : drivers, economic effects and clinical outcomes
Sammanfattning : Atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure represent important contributors to cardiovascular disease burden, with high incidence, prevalence and mortality rates. The overall objective of this thesis is to enhance the knowledge on what drives preferences for different health st ates (utilities) in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic heart failure, and how health-related quality of life and utilities in turn influence clinical and economic outcomes. LÄS MER