IDENTIFICATION OF REASONS FOR CLAIMS OF CONTRACTORS IN D-B-B CONTRACTS AND EVALUATION BY MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING MODELS (AHP)

Evaluation of recommender systems: A multi-criteria decision making approach

The evaluation and selection of recommender systems is a difficult decision making process. This difficulty is partially due to the large diversity of published evaluation criteria in addition to lack of standardized methods of evaluation. As such, a systematic methodology is needed that explicitly considers multiple, possibly conflicting metrics and assists decision makers to evaluate and find...

Spatial Analysis of Kermanshah province Regional Development by using multi-criteria decision-making models

With the aim of development and reducing regional inequalities, regional planning is one of the most important subiects in developing countries. Regional planning requires the identification of the position of areas relative to each other in terms of their development. The aim of this study is to investigate and assess the level of Kermanshah province in terms of development indicators in order...

An AHP-Delphi Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model with Application to Environmental Decision-Making

The place of AHP method among Multi Criteria Decision Making methods in forest management

As the name implies, Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods (MCDMs) is a decision making tool that capable the selection of the most preferred choice in a context where several criteria apply simultaneously.  Primary purpose of this study is to examine the status of Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods (MCDMs) in forest management. The study also aims to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses ...

Fuzzy Multi-criteria decision making approach for human capital evaluation of municipal districts

People in every organization could be considered as the most important resource which contributes to the development of that organization. In fact, human capital is the most important dimension of organization’s intellectual capital especially in service-oriented organizations like municipality. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to introduce a suitable framework for human capital eva...

Supplier Selection and Evaluation by Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methodology

In this study, an outsourcer evaluation and management system is developed for a manufacturing company by use of Fuzzy goal programming (FGP). A first phase of the methodology evaluation criteria for outsources and the objectives of the company are determined. Considering the fuzziness in the decision data, linguistic variables that can be expressed in generalized fuzzy number are used. The pro...