Conflicting goals

Target Multi-Objective Goals Most traditional AI systems deal with problems in a piecemeal fashion, one at a time in contrast, the individual agents in an agent-based system must deal with many conflicting goals simultaneously. 

The third level corresponds to truly complex systems, where much epistemological or ethical uncertainty exists and where uncertainty is not necessarily associated with a higher number of elements or relationships within the system. Moreover, the issues at stake reflect conflicting goals. For this reason it is crucial to consider... 

Osmotic dehydration, both at atmospheric pressure or preceded by the application of subatmospheric pressure for a short time, has been proposed in the production of minimally processed fruits and vegetables, which are convenient, ready-to-eat, high-moisture but ambient stable foods. The consumer prefers minimally processed foods, as these foods have appealing fresh-like characteristics and thus superior sensory quality. However, at the same time, these foods must be microbiologically safe and stable. These somewhat conflicting goals are achievable by the application of... 

Schleucher et al., 1995b, 1996). This relation has important consequences for the suppression of Hartmann-Hahn transfer in ROESY experiments. The relationship shows that the suppression of Hartmann-Hahn transfer ( A = max ) and the suppression of longitudinal cross relaxation (Ih / I = min ) are in fact conflicting goals. The best a sequence can do is... 

In practical separations where two or more solutes are involved, the conflicting goals of quantitative recovery and quantitative separation must be resolved. Figure 23-2 relates the number of extractions to the fraction unextracted. This figure shows... 

The tension between the conflicting goals of validity in efficacy trials and generalizability in effectiveness trials is illustrated in Fig. 9-2. For example, in an efficacy trial, subjects are selected using narrowly defined eligibility criteria and are monitored closely to ensure that they use or are exposed to the intervention in the manner defined in the trial s protocol and are cooperative with medical advice. In clinical practice, patients are not selected, and the manner in which the patient uses the intervention may vary widely from the intended use for which it was approved. Clinical outcomes among RCT subjects often are better than in nontrial patients. Trials to evaluate therapeutic effectiveness in clinical practice are difficult or expensive for researchers. If results from an effectiveness study are inconclusive, such results could be due to a lack of the intervention s efficacy, patient behavior (such as lack of patient adherence), or both. 

FIGURE 9-2. Schematic drawingshowing the tension between conflicting goals of validity in efficacy trials and generalizability in effectiveness trials. 

Kodish E (2003). Pediatric ethics and early-phase childhood cancer research conflicted goals and the prospect of benefit. Account Res 10 17-25. 

At this point, we have a method for building a model that reconciles two conflicting goals, that is, provide a wide coverage of markets and securities while permitting an accurate and insightful analysis, particularly at the local level. 

Regarding the political setting of the frame conditions within the (bio-)-energy system for minimizing unintended competitions the different, partly conflicting goals of an intensified biomass use for energy have to be evaluated and assessed in order to derive appropriate priorities. 

Lind0e, P. and Olsen, O. E. (2009) Conflicting goals and mixed roles in risk regulation. A case study of Norwegian Petroleum Directorate , Journal of Risk Research, 2 (3-4) 427-441. 

These properties from HRO have heen used to identify proactive indicators, i.e. when there is conflicting goals an HRO property is safety commitment from the top . This property could he used as a starting point to identify a proactive indicator such as level of safety commitment from the top . 

Conflicting goals between production and maintenance backlog prioritized maintenance or changes not performed at due date in 8 cases. (In accident report 3, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 22, 25). 

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