decision-making

Felix Pause

How Member States Should Deal With Prices for Services of Architects and Engineers

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

This thesis analyses the question of how Member States of the European Union should deal with prices for architectural and engineering services. The main focus is on the question of the extent to which price specifications by the Member States make sense from the perspective of European law and economics. In this respect, the work deals with political decision-making processes, legislative measures and institutional framework conditions that influence pricing. The […]

Oksana Kondratieva

The Language-Centric Approach to Creativity in Translation

TRANSLATOLOGIE – Studien zur Übersetzungswissenschaft

The monograph The Language-Centric Approach to Creativity in Translation focuses on the linguistic dimension of creativity in translation – an aspect often overlooked in favour of cognitive, psychological, cultural, or educational perspectives. Drawing on Quine’s principle of ontological relativity, the study positions translation as a distinct field of inquiry, arguing for the coexistence of multiple concepts of creativity within Translation Studies, each based on […]

Maja Borlinič Gačnik/Črtomir Rozman/Andrej Škraba

Decision Support Systems in the Agricultural and Tourism Industries

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Agriculture and tourism are two critical sectors that shape the socio-economic landscape of rural areas. In recent years, the diversification of agricultural activities into tourism has become an increasingly important strategy for farm sustainability, economic resilience, and rural development. The monograph Decision Support Systems in the Agricultural and Tourism Industries provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of how decision support systems (DSS) can […]

Boris Prevolšek / Črtomir Rozman

Analysis of the Efficiency of Tourist Farms in Slovenia

Examined Using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

„The monograph deals with the technical efficiency of tourist farms in Slovenia, which the authors assessed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) methods.

Thus, based on six inputs and four outputs, six different models were developed to evaluate the efficiency of tourist farms. Using the DEA method, the authors first developed input- and outputoriented BCC and CCR models, followed by the AHP method, first a model that […]

Yanni Luo

The Administrative Risk Decision-Making Mechanism Regarding the Authorization of GMOs in Germany/the EU and in China

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

Sowohl Deutschland bzw. die EU als auch China befinden sich immer noch in einem Entscheidungsdilemma bei der Zulassung grüner GVO. Die Dissertation widmet sich der Frage, ob dieses Dilemma durch eine Verbesserung oder Neuformulierung des administrativen Entscheidungsmechanismus für grüne GVO aufgelöst werden kann.

Es wurden vier spezifische Themen erörtert: die Funktionsweise der klassischen Entscheidungsfindung zur Gefahrenabwehr, die Herausforderungen durch […]

Ángela María Beltrán Hernández

The Socio-Political Construction of Civilians Affected by War – “Refocusing Life While Weaving Pain”

An Alternative Look at Relational Agency Theory Based on the Colombian Case

Studien zur Konflikt- und Friedensforschung

A painful reality persists in the 21st century: The various faces of violence are troubling as ever, manifesting themselves not only in brutal wars but also concealed within inequality, poverty, and injustice.

Direct, structural, and symbolic violence erodes the lives of millions of people every day, causing immense suffering. One might assume that war robs individuals of their motivation to move forward and overcome hardship. However, what happens when this […]

Jernej Turk

Agricultural Policy – Some Theoretical Considerations

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

This book considers a theory of agricultural policy and its implications for decision making.

There exists a strong and instrumental bond between agricultural economics and agricultural policy. Policy decision making can be as effective as long agricultural economics theory and the empirical modelling results derived support it. A bulk of various information sources related to farm policies can be traced in modern literature where discussions, however, rarely […]

Jonas Meister

Causal Analysis on Observational Data for Discount Campaigns in E-Commerce

Forschungsergebnisse zur Informatik

Causal thinking is an inherent human behavior crucial for understanding relationships in diverse situations. Despite its significance, machine learning algorithms often struggle to identify causality, relying instead on historical patterns. This limitation hampers their ability to adapt to new scenarios, like the cold start problem.

Understanding causality holds particular importance in domains relying heavily on human behavior analysis, such as E-commerce, […]

Anna Thaler

Values and Ethical Principles for AI and Robotics

A Qualitative Content Analysis of EU Soft Law Initiatives

Schriften zur Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie

The fast-paced developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics not only tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, but also evoke a number of urgent and complex moral difficulties such as opaque decision-making, gender bias or other kinds of discrimination.

Against this background, the European Union (EU) advocates to rely upon values and principles, enshrined in EU primary law, to approach moral and ethical encounters. [...]

Tadeja Jere Jakulin / Črtomir Rozman (eds.)

Tourism: Systems Methodology in Special Interest Tourism

TOURISTIK – Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zur Tourismuswissenschaft

Die Welt sieht sich wegen ihrer durch Gier verursachten Übersteigerungen einer systemischen Rückkopplungsschleife gegenüber. Hierzu zählt auch der „Overtourismus“, der „eine übermäßige Anzahl von Touristen an einem bestimmten Reiseziel darstellt, die negative Auswirkungen aller Art auf die betroffene Gemeinschaft haben kann“. Die Pandemie stoppte alle touristischen Aktivitäten und ihre Akteure: Billigflieger, Touristen und Kreuzfahrtschiffe. In dieser Zeit der […]