Javad Niknafs

Department of Industrial Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Estimating Efficiency of Bank Branches by Dynamic Network Data Envelopment Analysis and Artificial Neural Network

Network data envelopment analysis models assess efficiency of decision-making unit and its sections using historical data but fail to measure efficiency of its units and their internal stages in the future. In this paper we aim to measure efficiency of stages of bank branches and obtain efficiency trend of stages during the time, then to estimate their efficiency in the future therefore we can ...

[ 2 ] - Identify and Prioritize the Challenges of Implementing Participatory Governance in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education

Purpose: Participatory governance provides policymakers with a special tool to address broad issues. Problems that the cost of failure to answer is high and a large number of actors are responsible for solving them and is effective in solving complex problems. On the other hand, we see every day that the executive apparatus and government organizations are looking for a solution to specific pro...