DISCRET: An Interactive Decision Support System for Discrete Alternatives Multicriteria Problems

This paper is one of the series of 11 Working Papers presenting the software for interactive decision support and software tools for developing decision support systems. These products constitute the outcome of the contracted study agreement between the System and Decision Sciences Program at IIASA and several Polish scientific institutions. The theoretical part of these results is presented in the IIASA Working Paper WP-88-071 entitled "Theory, Software and Testing Examples in Decision Support Systems" which contains the theoretical and methodological backgrounds of the software systems developed within the project. This paper presents the DISCRET system. This system has been designed to solve basic multicriteria choice problems in which a finite set of feasible alternatives is explicitly given and for each alternative the value of all criteria are known. The decision maker is assumed to be rational in the sense that he can accept a Pareto-optimal solution as his final solution of the problem. Such a decision problem is rather simple as long as the number of criteria and alternatives is small. However, if the number of alternatives and/or criteria grows, the human information processing capabilities may reach their limits and therefore decision support facilities need to be utilized to guarantee efficient decision making

Numerical Modeling of Melting Process of Thin Metal Films Subjected to the Short Laser Pulse

Thin metal film subjected to a short-pulse laser heating is considered. The parabolic two-temperature model describing the temporal and spatial evolution of the lattice and electrons temperatures is discussed and the melting process of thin layer is taken into account. At the stage of numerical computations the finite difference method is used. In the final part of the paper the examples of computations are shown

The Implementation of the Multicriteria Reference Point Optimization Approach to the Hungarian Regional Investment Allocation Model

This paper reports the results of the implementation of the multicriteria optimization approach to the Hungarian Regional Investment Allocation Model, a component of IIASA's Food and Agriculture Program's (FAP) Hungarian Task 2 Case Study of the "Analysis of the Impacts of Technological Development on Production and the Environment". The reference point approach of Wierzbicki (1979) has been used. Several types of objective functions to be optimized have been considered. Primary numerical results are presented. Description of the implemented packages and instructions are given. Suggestions for further research directions are stated

Folklor ziemi k\u119pi\u144skiej

S\u142owa kluczowe: J\uf3zef Majchrzak (1909-1985); tradycje i zwyczaje Po\u142udniowej Wielkopolski; ziemia k\u119pi\u144ska (K\u119pno) \u2013 tradycje oraz pie\u15bni i melodie ludowe; badania etnograficzne w Polsce \u2013 20 w.; spo\u142eczny wymiar kultury tradycyjne

Open Access Publishing and the Future of Information Systems Research

The advent of the Internet and the subsequent adoption of open access schemas are changing the nature of the scholarly discourse. In response, we will stimulate a debate about the role and desired form of open access publishing in the context of the IS discipline. In particular, we explore the potential contribution of establishing an open access disciplinary repository of working papers and work in progress. Furthermore, we propose its design principle and illustrate our thesis with a working prototype of such disciplinary repository entitled Sprouts (http://sprouts.aisnet.org). Finally, we call for participation and further action in realizing a global repository of IS research in progress

Bright artificial light produces subsensitivity to clonidine

The authors used a thermoregulation paradigm to test the hypothesis that chronic treatment with bright artificial light produces subsensitivity to the hypothermic effects of clonidine, an [alpha]2-agonist. One week of treatment produced blunting of the hypothermic response to clonidine (p 2-receptor.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27582/1/0000626.pd

Effects of placebo (saline) injections on core temperature in the rat

1. Core temperature was telemetrically measured in 15 rats before (i.e., at baseline) and at 10-min intervals for 120 min following the injection of normal saline (1 ml/kg ip) or "no injection."2. The sample exhibited a mean temperature increase of 0.60 +/- 0.10[deg]C(mean +/- SEM) following injection.3. This differed significantly from the mean increase of 0.13 +/- 0.03[deg]C following "no injection" (p 4. The injection of saline (1 ml/kg) affected a mean rise in core temperature of 0.55 +/- 0.07[deg]C (p > 0.000001) in 46 animals in a second experiment.5. These data indicate that routine handling and a simple injection comprise significant and measurable stress which must be controlled in neuropharmacological studies employing a thermoregulation paradigm.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28880/1/0000716.pd

ICIS 2008 Panel Report: Open Access Publishing to Nurture the Sprouts of Knowledge and the Future of Information Systems Research

The advent of the Internet and the subsequent adoption of Open Access schemata are changing the nature of the scholarly discourse. In response, we seek to stimulate a debate about the role and desired forms of Open Access publishing in the context of the Information System (IS) discipline. We explore the potential contribution of an Open Access perspective on publishing IS-related research and also discuss the roles of traditional journals and their prospects in the contexts of our observations. In particular, we focus on the new possibilities of publishing work-in-progress and its potential benefit for knowledge dissemination including the prospects of turning today\u27s limited scholarly exchange into mass collaboration. We illustrate our vision with a working prototype of an Open Access disciplinary repository entitled Sprouts (http://sprouts.aisnet.org). Our aim is to inspire new thinking about the role of Open Access publishing, the potential of its application to disciplinary repositories of emergent work, its anticipated repercussions on our work practices, and its long-term implication for the impact of IS scholarship and the well-being of our community at large. We call for participation and further action in realizing a global repository of IS research in progress. This paper builds on a panel on Open Access that was presented at the 2008 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), held in Paris, France, in December 2008