Group Multiple Criteria Decision Making: Multiset Approach

This paper focuses on the sorting problems with multiple types of attributes. About the attributes, in which are divided into qualitative attributes, quantitative attributes, qualitative criteria and quantitative criteria. Granules of knowledge are defined by applying four types of relations simultaneously: indiscernibility relation defined on qualitative attributes, similarity relation defined on quantitative attributes, dominance relation defined on qualitative criteria and quasi-partial order relation defined on quantitative criteria. To guarantee the tolerance of the system, the threshold is adjusted, resulting in a N-neighborhood system comes into being. The consistency measure which possess properties of monotonicity is regarded as the Likelihood Function, so the optimal threshold is obtained by Maximum Likelihood Estimation, as a result, N-neighborhood system is converted into optimal 1-neighborhood system. Therefore, we proposed the Optimal-Neighborhood Statistics Rough Set Approach with Multiple Attributes and Criteria.

The paper considers new techniques for clustering and sorting objects that are described with many quantitative and/or qualitative attributes and may exist in several copies with inconsistent and contradictory attributes. Methods are based on the theory of multiset metric spaces. New options for the objectspsila aggregation and features of classes generated are discussed.

QRS complex classification in Holter electrocardiogram have been developed using the correlation coefficient methods. However, the accuracy of this traditional classification is not fully satisfied the clinical needs. In this paper, we propose a two-layered classification using qualitative and quantitative attributes. In the first layer, 24 components in a FFT power spectrum for each beat are calculated as the quantitative attributes and are classified using K-means algorithm. In the second layer, the numbers of low, middle and high peaks before/after an R wave are computed as the qualitative attributes and are also classified by the same way. We evaluated our method for ten cases from MIT-BIH arrhythmia databases and compared with a standard cross correlation coefficient method. The classification error rate of the correlation coefficient method and proposed method is 1.10% and 0.79%. We confirmed that the accuracy in our method for the QRS complex analysis is significantly improved.

This article presents a scientometric analysis of funding information provided in publications with Russian affiliation in leading scientific journals that are indexed in both main citation databases, Scopus and Web of Science. Metadata of the array of publications with Russian affiliation that were published in Nature Index journals in 2014–2017 were used as a base for comparing the completeness of data on grant foundations in the two databases and identifying Russian foundations and organizations linked to the largest number of such publications. The article analyzes the grant support for publications of the leading Russian universities and examines the dynamics of activity of both Russian and foreign foundations, as well as international co-authorship. Conclusions are drawn about the significant superiority of the Web of Science in terms of completeness of information indexing and about the distribution of references to the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the Russian Science Foundation (RSF). The number of publications that acknowledge the RFBR as the grant sponsor previously exceeded the number of publications that acknowledge the RSF; however, the trend has recently changed, as the RSF has started to show up in a larger number of publications; the role of foreign grant sponsors remains significant. Additionally, directions of comparative citation impact analysis depending on the grant sponsor are outlined.

Multiple attribute group decision‐making (MAGDM) issues may involve quantitative and qualitative attributes. In inconsistent and indeterminate decision‐making issues, current assessment information of quantitative and qualitative attributes with respect to alternatives only contains either numerical neutrosophic values or linguistic neutrosophic values as the single information expression. However, existing neutrosophic techniques cannot perform the mixed information denotation and aggregation operations of numerical neutrosophic values and linguistic neutrosophic values in neutrosophic decision‐making issues. To solve the puzzles, this article presents the information denotation, aggregation operations, and MAGDM models of single‐valued neutrosophic and linguistic neutrosophic hybrid sets/elements (SVNLNHSs/SVNLHEs) as new techniques to perform MAGDM issues with quantitative and qualitative attributes in the environment of SVNLNHEs. In this study, we first propose a SVNLNHS/SVNLNHE notion that consists of a single‐valued neutrosophic element (SVNE) for the quantitative argument and a linguistic neutrosophic element (LNE) for the qualitative argument. According to a linguistic and neutrosophic conversion function and its inverse conversion function, we present some basic operations of single‐valued neutrosophic elements and linguistic neutrosophic elements, the SVNLNHE weighted arithmetic mean (SVNLNHEWAMN) and SVNLNHE weighted geometric mean (SVNLNHEWGMN) operators (forming SVNEs), and the SVNLNHEWAML and SVNLNHEWGML operators (forming LNEs). Next, MAGDM models are established based on the SVNLNHEWAMN and SVNLNHEWGMN operators or the SVNLNHEWAML and SVNLNHEWGML operators to realize MAGDM issues with single‐valued neutrosophic and linguistic neutrosophic hybrid information, and then their applicability and availability are indicated through an illustrative example in the SVNLNHE circumstance. By comparison with the existing techniques, our new techniques reveal obvious advantages in the mixed information denotation, aggregation algorithms, and decision‐making methods in handling MAGDM issues with the quantitative and qualitative attributes in the setting of SVNLNHSs.

Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) is a discipline that explicitly considers assessing alternatives in a decision problem with respect to multiple criteria. Those methods are frequently used to solve real-life decision problems that incorporate multiple, conflicting, and incommensurate criteria. Considering the chaotic, complex, and ambiguous nature and the dynamics of the military operations, most decision problems observed in military organizations also follow a similar structure involving multiple criteria. This chapter gives an overview of the basic decision-making problem types and decision processes observed in military organizations and provides information on the MCDM methodologies adopted to solve those problems.

IntroductionComplaints about sleep and sleepiness are widespread and are closely associated with dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, disturbed sleep hygiene and anxiety-depressive experiences (Perlis et al., 2011, Riemann et al., 2017, Sateia et al., 2017), however, the specific role and interactions of these factors are understudied.ObjectivesThe aim was to reveal the relationship between cognitive, emotional and behavioral factors of subjective sleep quality, sleepiness and typical patterns of nighttime sleep in the normative sample.Methods224 people 18-47 years old without diagnosed sleep disorders answered questions about their sleep patterns, filled in the Insomnia Severity Index, Dysfunctional Beliefs About Sleep Scale (Morin, 1993), Behavioral Factors of Sleep Disorders Scale (Rasskazova, 2020), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (Johns, 1991), Glasgow Thought Content Inventory (Harvey, Espie, 2004), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Zigmond, Snaith, 1983).ResultsThe poorer subjective quality of sleep is predicted by more dysfunctional beliefs about sleep, cognitive arousal and disturbed sleep hygiene (R2=45.1%). The negative effect of cognitive arousal on sleep quality is higher in people with sleep hygiene disturbances (ΔR2=1.4%, p<.05). Only disturbance of sleep hygiene is a predictor of sleep duration, sleepiness and the experience of insufficient sleep (R2=9.9%-12.2%), while cognitive arousal (R2=23.4%) and (in people with higher sleep hygiene disturbances, ΔR2=3.5%, p<.01) negative emotions predict poorer sleep efficacy.ConclusionsBoth relationship between cognitive arousal and poorer subjective sleep and relationship between anxiety, depression and poorer sleep efficacy are stronger in people with poorer sleep hygiene. Research is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 20-013-00740.DisclosureResearch is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 20-013-00740

The Russian Foundation for Basic Research is the oldest and most highly regarded source of scientific grants in Russia. It was created by a presidential decree of Boris Yeltsin "On Urgent Measures for Conserving the Scientific and Technical Potential of the Russian Federation" in 1992. Among other lines of research, the foundation is an active supporter of life sciences, which receive approximately 20% of the available funds.

. The article considers the complex characterization of biological terrorism as a special dangerous phenomenon, a threat to the national security of states, a crime of an international nature, a destructive mechanism that affects the change and reformatting of public relations. The complex characteristic integrates knowledge from many branches of science, includes the following elements: criminal law, criminology, criminology, and others, which are interrelated and determine measures to ensure the national security of states in the event of possible unauthorized use of biological agents. The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of the project “Ethical and Legal Principles of Genomic Research: Limits of interference in human rights”, RFBR project No. 18-29-14015/20.The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the framework of the project “Ethical and Legal Principles of Genomic Research: Limits of interference in human rights”, RFBR project No. 18-29-14015/20.

CHAPTER II - DIMENSION OF METRIC SPACES

Copula Theory and Its Applications

Independent funding agencies supporting basic scientific research are a new development in Russia. This paper is part of a project to analyse: the impact of the new funding policy on research; the distribution of funding; the impact of projects funded by the International Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research; and the level of collaboration between Russian and western scientists. Both agencies play a major role in research in Russia and are similar in their support of leading organisations. An important impact of grants for a researcher was additional support from local government The grant-holders were active in dissemination of the results of projects. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

In the previous chapter it has been shown that in the past decade a wide variety of multiple criteria evaluation methods has been designed, which aimed at structuring, systematizing and judging complex decision problems marked by multiple appraisal criteria. In this period, the general principle for rationalizing such complex choice and trade off problems was based on a straightforward approach: given (i) a certain well-defined evaluation problem and (ii) a certain specific evaluation technique, the aim is to identify the most plausible outcome for the decision problem concerned.KeywordsEvaluation MethodMultiple CriterionChoice ProblemDecision StructureEvaluation ProblemThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

Assessing the sustainable energy storage technologies using single-valued neutrosophic decision-making framework with divergence measure

Approved by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 31, 2015 no. 683 as one means of ensuring national security, it allocates legal funds. In turn, the legal system suffers from various kinds of negative impacts, which actualized the question of the security of the legal system itself, of legal security. The article examines the features of constitutional legal security, as a form of legal security, identifies its features and characteristics. Emphasizes constitutional security is a guarantee of the constitutional system of the Russian Federation, ensuring constitutional security is aimed at implementing the Constitution of the Russian Federation. In addition, the comprehensive nature of constitutional norms determines the basic principles and content of other types of security.
 The article was made with the support of the Russian foundation for basic research (RFBR), project no. 19-011-00083 A “Legal responsibility in the mechanism of national security”.