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Reviews have long been recognized as among the most important forms of scientific communication. The rapid growth of the primary literature has further increased the need for reviews to distill and interpret the literature. This review on Reviews and Reviewing: Approaches to Research Synthesis encompasses the evolution of the review literature, taxonomy of review literature, uses and users of reviews, the process of preparing reviews, assessment of review quality and impact, the impact of information technology on the preparation of reviews, and research opportunities for information science related to reviews and reviewing. In addition to providing a synthesis of prior research, this review seeks to identify gaps in the published research and to suggest possible future research directions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the continuous growth of electricity demand, the safe and stable operation of distribution lines is crucial for power transportation. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspection has been widely used for the maintenance and repair of distribution lines. Due to the limitations of computational power and endurance, it is difficult for UAVs to independently complete data processing. Combined with mobile edge computing (MEC), this paper proposes a computing offloading strategy based on multi‐agent reinforcement learning and double‐layer offloading mechanism, which can further utilize the computing power of non‐task devices and edge servers. Firstly, three‐layer system architecture, named MEC‐U‐NTDC (MEC‐UAV‐Non‐task Device Cloud), is built. Secondly, double‐layer offloading mechanism is designed to comprehensively utilize the computing power of edge servers and neighbouring non‐task devices. Finally, a multi‐agent algorithm DLMQMIX is proposed to minimize the total cost for UAV inspection. Simulation experiments show that the proposed algorithm can effectively solve the task offloading problem of UAV‐aided distribution line inspection, and compared with algorithms such as PSO, GA, and QMIX, it performs better in terms of average delay, system cost, and load balancing, achieving a smaller total system cost. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artificial intelligence (AI) based clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are becoming ever more widespread in healthcare and could play an important role in diagnostic and treatment processes. For this reason, AI‐based CDSS has an impact on the doctor–patient relationship, shaping their decisions with its suggestions. We may be on the verge of a paradigm shift, where the doctor–patient relationship is no longer a dual relationship, but a triad. This paper analyses the role of AI‐based CDSS for shared decision‐making to better comprehend its promises and associated ethical issues. Moreover, it investigates how certain AI implementations may instead foster the inappropriate paradigm of paternalism. Understanding how AI relates to doctors and influences doctor–patient communication is essential to promote more ethical medical practice. Both doctors' and patients' autonomy need to be considered in the light of AI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The quality of management decisions is one of the main issues facing higher education institutions today. Strategic decisions taken by the higher education institutions affect policies, schemes, and actions that the institutions are considering. Machine learning is an emergent artificial intelligence field that utilizes different algorithms, analyses data, and delivers a better understanding of the data contained in a specific context. Hence, in this paper, data‐driven decision‐making model has been proposed based on artificial intelligence in colleges and universities. Student data, graduation rate and curriculum design have been analysed for administrative decision‐making in college or university based on the machine learning method. With the availability of huge quantities and high‐quality input training data, machine‐learning progressions can attain precise outcomes and enable informed decision‐making. The experimental findings show that the suggested model improves the outcome ratio of 90.72%, the performance ratio of 97.62%, prediction ratio of 96.35%, decision‐making level of 95.51%, accuracy ratio of 95.61%, an efficiency ratio of 98.14%, graduation rate of 85.86%, data security rate (95.61%) and error rate 33.21% compared to other methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To support artificial intelligence (AI)‐involved tasks offloaded from the mobile devices (MDs), it is necessary to equip the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with custom‐made co‐processor (CP) for handling AI workloads in multi‐UAV‐empowered Edge Intelligence. Existing CPU‐oriented task scheduling algorithm cannot apply to the CPU+CP heterogeneous architecture. In this backdrop, this paper first formulates the joint service function placement, collaborative task scheduling, UAV deployment, and MD position determination problem as a Mixed Integer Non‐Linear Programming problem. Then, an alternating optimization‐based algorithm is put forward to derive a sub‐optimal solution of the problem utilizing Differential Evolution and Greedy‐based Hungarian algorithms. A series of experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposal. Results show that authors' proposal can achieve an overall revenue that is roughly 50% higher than those of existing methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Prior research in judgment and decision making (JDM) has investigated the effect of problem framing on human preferences. Furthermore, research in JDM documented the absence of such reversal of preferences when making decisions from experience. However, little is known about the effect of context on preferences under the combined influence of problem framing and problem format. Also, little is known about how cognitive models would account for human choices in different problem frames and types (general/specific) in the experience format. One of the primary objectives of this research is to investigate the presence of preference reversals under the influence of problem framing (gain/loss), problem format (experience/description), and problem type (general/specific). Another objective of this research is to develop cognitive models to account for human choices across different problem frames and types in the experience format. A total of 320 participants from India were randomly assigned to one of eight between‐subjects conditions that differed in problem frame, format, and type. Results revealed preference reversals in the description condition; however, they were absent in the experience condition. Moreover, preference reversals were less pronounced in the general problem framing compared to the specific problem framing. Furthermore, specific problems influenced risk‐seeking behavior among participants. We developed cognitive and heuristics models using instance‐based learning theory and natural mean heuristic. Results reveal models' dependency on recent and frequent observations during information sampling. These experience‐based cognitive models could help build artificial intelligence models with fewer preference reversals. This paper focuses on investigating the presence of preference reversals under the influence of problem framing (gain/loss), problem format (experience/description), and problem type (general/specific). Furthermore, Uttrani et al. develop cognitive models using instance‐based learning theory and natural mean heuristic to account for human choices across different problem frames and types in the experience format. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To date, many AI initiatives (eg, AI4K12, CS for All) developed standards and frameworks as guidance for educators to create accessible and engaging Artificial Intelligence (AI) learning experiences for K‐12 students. These efforts revealed a significant need to prepare youth to gain a fundamental understanding of how intelligence is created, applied, and its potential to perpetuate bias and unfairness. This study contributes to the growing interest in K‐12 AI education by examining student learning of modelling real‐world text data. Four students from an Advanced Placement computer science classroom at a public high school participated in this study. Our qualitative analysis reveals that the students developed nuanced and in‐depth understandings of how text classification models—a type of AI application—are trained. Specifically, we found that in modelling texts, students: (1) drew on their social experiences and cultural knowledge to create predictive features, (2) engineered predictive features to address model errors, (3) described model learning patterns from training data and (4) reasoned about noisy features when comparing models. This study contributes to an initial understanding of student learning of modelling unstructured data and offers implications for scaffolding in‐depth reasoning about model decision making. Practitioner notes: What is already known about this topic Scholarly attention has turned to examining Artificial Intelligence (AI) literacy in K‐12 to help students understand the working mechanism of AI technologies and critically evaluate automated decisions made by computer models.While efforts have been made to engage students in understanding AI through building machine learning models with data, few of them go in‐depth into teaching and learning of feature engineering, a critical concept in modelling data.There is a need for research to examine students' data modelling processes, particularly in the little‐researched realm of unstructured data. What this paper adds Results show that students developed nuanced understandings of models learning patterns in data for automated decision making.Results demonstrate that students drew on prior experience and knowledge in creating features from unstructured data in the learning task of building text classification models.Students needed support in performing feature engineering practices, reasoning about noisy features and exploring features in rich social contexts that the data set is situated in. Implications for practice and/or policy It is important for schools to provide hands‐on model building experiences for students to understand and evaluate automated decisions from AI technologies.Students should be empowered to draw on their cultural and social backgrounds as they create models and evaluate data sources.To extend this work, educators should consider opportunities to integrate AI learning in other disciplinary subjects (ie, outside of computer science classes). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) both in health care and academic philosophy. This has been due mainly to the rise of effective machine learning and deep learning algorithms, together with increases in data collection and processing power, which have made rapid progress in many areas. However, use of this technology has brought with it philosophical issues and practical problems, in particular, epistemic and ethical. In this paper the authors, with backgrounds in philosophy, maternity care practice and clinical research, draw upon and extend a recent framework for shared decision‐making (SDM) that identified a duty of care to the client's knowledge as a necessary condition for SDM. This duty entails the responsibility to acknowledge and overcome epistemic defeaters. This framework is applied to the use of AI in maternity care, in particular, the use of machine learning and deep learning technology to attempt to enhance electronic fetal monitoring (EFM). In doing so, various sub‐kinds of epistemic defeater, namely, transparent, opaque, underdetermined, and inherited defeaters are taxonomized and discussed. The authors argue that, although effective current or future AI‐enhanced EFM may impose an epistemic obligation on the part of clinicians to rely on such systems' predictions or diagnoses as input to SDM, such obligations may be overridden by inherited defeaters, caused by a form of algorithmic bias. The existence of inherited defeaters implies that the duty of care to the client's knowledge extends to any situation in which a clinician (or anyone else) is involved in producing training data for a system that will be used in SDM. Any future AI must be capable of assessing women individually, taking into account a wide range of factors including women's preferences, to provide a holistic range of evidence for clinical decision‐making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The goals of learning health systems (LHS) and of AI in medicine overlap in many respects. Both require significant improvements in data sharing and IT infrastructure, aim to provide more personalized care for patients, and strive to break down traditional barriers between research and care. However, the defining features of LHS and AI diverge when it comes to the people involved in medicine, both patients and providers. LHS aim to enhance physician‐patient relationships while developments in AI emphasize a physicianless experience. LHS also encourage better coordination of specialists across the health system, but AI aims to replace many specialists with technology and algorithms. This paper argues that these points of conflict may require a reconsideration of the role of humans in medical decision making. Although it is currently unclear to what extent machines will replace humans in healthcare, the parallel development of LHS and AI raises important questions about the exact role for humans within AI‐enabled healthcare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital technologies have become a crucial factor in nursing. Given the fact that many tasks could also be done by robots or AI systems, the place for the nurse in this scenario is unclear. In what way and to what extent will the implementation of ever more sophisticated technology affect nursing practice? It is the aim of this paper to analyse the potential challenges of nursing practice in the digital age. The analysis is conducted through the lens of new materialism, a set of theoretical models that understand the relationship between humans and technology as dynamic and performative. According to this view, there is no prefixed essence of technology. Rather, the meaning of technology is enacted in concrete practice. The analysis shows that in past debates on technology use in nursing, the nurses' role has been defined as guardians of humanity, defending the patient against the dehumanizing effects of technology. This role has been transferred to the digital age, where it is the duty of nurses to cushion the negative effects of digital technology. As an alternative to this outdated role, nurses should be included in processes of technology design and policymaking. Enabling nursing professionals to shape the circumstances of a digitally enhanced holistic practice may empower their status within the healthcare system and also benefit the patient by contributing to a more person‐centred care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summary: Although microscopy is often treated as a quasi‐static exercise for obtaining a snapshot of events and structure, it is clear that a more dynamic approach, involving real‐time decision making for guiding the investigation process, may provide deeper insights, more efficiently. On the other hand, many applications of machine learning involve the interpretation of local circumstances from experience gained over many observations; that is, machine learning potentially provides an ideal solution for more efficient microscopy. This paper explores the potential for informing the microscope's observation strategy while characterising critical events. In particular, the identification of regions likely to experience twin activity (twin interaction with grain boundary) in AZ31 magnesium is attempted, from only local information. EBSD‐based observations in the neighbourhoods of twin activity are fed into a machine‐learning environment to inform the future search for such events, and the accuracy of the resultant decisions is quantified relative to the number of prior observations. The potential for utilising different types of local information, and their resultant value in the prediction process, is also assessed. After applying an attribute selection filter, and various other machine‐learning tools, a decision‐tree model is able to classify likely neighbourhoods of twin activity with 85% accuracy. The resultant framework provides the first step towards an intelligent microscopy for efficient observation of stochastic events during in situ microscopy campaigns. Lay description: One role of artificial intelligence is to predict future events after learning from many previous observations. In materials science, various phenomena (such as crack nucleation) are difficult to predict because they have been insufficiently observed. Furthermore, observation is difficult, precisely because their location cannot be predicted, leading to a chicken and egg conundrum. This paper applies machine learning to the search for twin nucleation sites in a magnesium alloy, in an attempt to guide the observation of twin nucleation events in a microscope based on previous observations. As more data is obtained, the accuracy of the location prediction will increase. In the current case, the machine‐learning tool achieved 85% accuracy for predicting the location of twin interactions with grain boundaries after several thousand observations. The resultant framework provides the first step towards an intelligent microscopy for efficient observation of stochastic events during in situ microscopy campaigns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Because of the environments in which they will operate, future autonomous systems must be capable of reconfiguring quickly and safely following faults or environmental changes. Past research has shown how, by considering autonomous systems to perform phased missions, reliability analysis can support decision making by allowing comparison of the probability of success of different missions following reconfiguration. Binary decision diagrams (BDDs) offer fast, accurate reliability analysis that could contribute to real-time decision making. However, phased mission analysis using existing BDD models is too slow to contribute to the instant decisions needed in time-critical situations. This paper investigates 2 aspects of BDD models that affect analysis speed: variable ordering and quantification efficiency. Variable ordering affects BDD size, which directly affects analysis speed. Here, a new ordering scheme is proposed for use in the context of a decision-making process. Variables are ordered before a mission, and reordering is unnecessary no matter how the mission configuration changes. Three BDD models are proposed to address the efficiency and accuracy of existing models. The advantages of the developed ordering scheme and BDD models are demonstrated in the context of their application within a reliability analysis methodology used to support decision making in an unmanned aerial vehicle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes the application of association rule mining to improve quizzes and courses. First, the paper shows how to preprocess quiz data and how to create several data matrices for use in the process of knowledge discovery. Next, the proposed algorithm that uses grammar-guided genetic programming is described and compared with both classical and recent soft-computing association rule mining algorithms. Then, different objective and subjective rule evaluation measures are used to select the most interesting and useful rules. Experiments have been carried out by using real data of university students enrolled on an artificial intelligence practice Moodle's course on the CLIPS programming language. Some examples of these rules are shown, together with the feedback that they provide to instructors making decisions about how to improve quizzes and courses. Finally, starting with the information provided by the rules, the CLIPS quiz and course have been updated. These innovations have been evaluated by comparing the performance achieved by students before and after applying the changes using one control group and two different experimental groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Case-based reasoning (CBR) has been used in various problem-solving areas such as financial forecasting, credit analysis and medical diagnosis. However, conventional CBR has the limitation that it has no criterion for choosing the nearest cases based on the probabilistic similarity of cases. It uses a fixed number of neighbors without considering an optimal number for each target case, so it does not guarantee optimal similar neighbors for various target cases. This leads to the weakness of lowering predictability due to deviation from desired similar neighbors. In this paper we suggest a new case extraction technique called statistical case-based reasoning. The main idea involves a dynamic adaptation of the optimal number of neighbors by considering the distribution of distances between potential similar neighbors for each target case. In order to do this, our technique finds the optimal distance threshold and selects similar neighbors satisfying the distance threshold criterion. We apply this new method to five real-life medical data sets and compare the results with those of the statistical method, logistic regression; we also compare the results with the learning methods C5.0, CART, neural networks and conventional CBR. The results of this paper show that the proposed technique outperforms those of many other methods, it overcomes the limitation of conventional CBR, and it provides improved classification accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dental trauma in children and adolescents is a common problem, and the prevalence of these injuries has increased in the last 10-20 years. A dental injury should always be considered an emergency and, thus, be treated immediately to relieve pain, facilitate reduction of displaced teeth, reconstruct lost hard tissue, and improve prognosis. Rational therapy depends upon a correct diagnosis, which can be achieved with the aid of various examination techniques. It must be understood that an incomplete examination can lead to inaccurate diagnosis and less successful treatment. Good knowledge of traumatology and models of treatments can also reduce stress and anxiety for both the patient and the dental team. Knowledge-based Systems (KBS) are a practical implementation of Artificial Intelligence. In complex domains which humans find difficult to understand, KBS can assist in making decisions and can also add knowledge. The aim of this paper is to describe the structure of a knowledge-based system for structured examination, diagnosis and therapy for traumatised primary and permanent teeth. A commercially available program was used as developmental tool for the programming (XpertRule, Attar, London, UK). The paper presents a model for a computerised decision support system for traumatology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents a novel machine learning algorithm used for training a compound classifier system that consists of a set of area classifiers. Area classifiers recognize objects derived from the respective competence area. Splitting feature space into areas and selecting area classifiers are two key processes of the algorithm; both take place simultaneously in the course of an optimization process aimed at maximizing the system performance. An evolutionary algorithm is used to find the optimal solution. A number of experiments have been carried out to evaluate system performance. The results prove that the proposed method outperforms each elementary classifier as well as simple voting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Collaborative spatial decision support systems (C-SDSS) have been used to help groups of stakeholders understand data and search for opportunities at resolving local and regional decision problems in various domains including land use, trans- portation, and water resources. The key issue in designing an effective C-SDSS is the anticipation of user information needs. Knowledge of user information needs can guide system designers in achieving a C-SDSS that fits the decision process. In this paper we present a design approach that is informed by stakeholder concerns, as part of a user needs assessment. The approach is based on the premise that knowing stakeholders’ concerns can help anticipate user information needs and consequently lead to a more usable C-SDSS. We demonstrate the approach with the example of a spatio-temporal decision problem involving conjunctive water administration in the Boise River Basin in southwestern Idaho. The spatial dimension of the decision task involves delineating the areas of conjunctive water administration while the temporal dimension involves selecting the year in which a given area will start to be administered. We show how the elicitation of stakeholder concerns leads to functional specification of a collaborative spatio-temporal decision support system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the development of an integrated system, namely the COMAND-DSS (Decision Support System created under project COMAND), for crisis management and real-time decision support in shipboard flooding emergencies. It employs the case-based reasoning approach to provide swift and effective decision-making support for shipboard personnel during an emergency on ship. The developed system, which focuses on decision support for flooding control, is also thought to be useful as a crew training system. In order to deal with a flooding damage in the COMAND-DSS, a multiple attribute decision-making methodology—Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS)—is used to be able to choose the set of counter-flooding tanks that should be filled in order to achieve an optimal response to a flooding accident. The COMAND-DSS is composed of a knowledge base, a reasoning process and a graphical user interface for the shipboard personnel to interact with the system. The friendly windows-based user interface of the COMAND-DSS enables the user to take full advantage of the capabilities of the system in order to make quick decisions. Using this system, when a crisis occurs the optimal decisions and responses can be made in a short time, thereby reducing the risk to life, property and environment. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Automated decision-making systems have been deployed in many industrial, commercial, and financial applications. The needs for such systems are usually motivated by requirements for variation reduction, capacity increase, cost and cycle time reduction, and end-to-end traceability of the transaction or product. Before we can use any automated decision-making system in a production environment we must develop a strategy to insure high quality throughout its entire lifecycle. We need to guarantee its performance through a rigorous Design for Six Sigma process (DFSS). This process includes validation, tuning, and production testing of the system. Once the system is in production we must monitor and maintain its performance over its lifecycle. In this paper we will outline the Six Sigma process that led to the deployment of an automated decision-making system in one of the General Electric Financial Assurance businesses. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fuzzy logic has been used as a means of interpreting vague, incomplete and even contradictory information into a compromised rule base in artificial intelligence such as machine decision–making. Within this context, fuzzy logic can be applied in the field of expert systems to provide additional flexibilities in constructing a working rule base: different experts’ opinions can be incorporated into the same rule base, and each opinion can be modeled in a rather vague notion of human language. As some illustrative application examples, this paper describes how fuzzy logic can be used in expert systems. More precisely, it demonstrates the following applications: (i) a healthcare diagnostic system, (ii) an autofocus camera lens system and (iii) a financial decision system. For each application, basic rules are described, the calculation method is outlined and numerical simulation is provided. These applications demonstrate the suitability and performance of fuzzy logic in expert systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite much progress in brain and cognitive sciences, attempts to connect brain function to cognition are hampered by the large explanatory gap between psychology and neurobiology. In recent years, a neurocomputational perspective has emerged as the most promising approach to integrating brain and mind. According to this perspective, the brain is a special sort of computer, a system of many parallel neural networks whose operation underlies cognition. In this paper, we present this neurocomputational perspective and examine the ways in which this new approach to explaining our mental skills differs from earlier ones. In particular, we examine its emerging insights into two domains. First, we explore the neurocomputational approach to decision-making, the adaptive guidance of behavior in the satisfaction of life maintenance goals. Decision-making is central to all mobile creatures in an uncertain environment, and this approach reveals a surprising conservation of decision-making strategies across many species. We then examine the neurocomputational approach's new insights into characterizing cognitive development. In particular, this approach offers the new framework of self-organization to characterize the complex interaction between neural developmental programs and the environment, a framework that has important implications for understanding early intervention. MRDD Research Reviews 1999;5:86–99. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper traces the development of the concept of nursing diagnosis and the various approaches being used to explain the cognitive processes used by practitioners in diagnosing patient problems. Three main types of explanation are compared; hypothesis generation/testing, decision analysis, and the information processing model. The recent development of the latter approach within the field of artificial intelligence is described and expert system research introduced. Finally, the potential benefits of the advent of expert systems into nursing are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In this paper, a new method of ranking trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers has been introduced based on the concept of value and ambiguity at different levels of decision‐making. The concept of decision levels α for the membership function and β for the non‐membership function called as the flexibility parameters have been introduced in ranking these types of fuzzy numbers. If the flexibility parameters α is close to maximum membership degree of the membership function and β close to minimum membership degree of non‐membership function, then a high‐level decision is made. Likewise, if the flexibility parameters α is close to minimum membership degree of membership function and β close to maximum membership degree of non‐membership function, then a low‐level decision is made. Again, if the flexibility parameters α and β lie between minimum membership degree of the membership function and maximum membership degree of the non‐membership function, then an intermediate decision is made. This phenomenon of the proposed method is an attractive feature as it allows the decision‐maker to make a choice on the levels of decision. Further, the rationality validation of the proposed method has been checked by proving some of the Wang and Kerre's reasonable properties on ordering fuzzy quantities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]