The e-scouting process, to search for and select products whose characteristics are known in catalogues, is often inefficient and ineffective: the overload of information available on the Web and the human limitations in processing information, are the main cause. Experiments, in order to simulate the escouting process of a leverage [1] product by a set of student buyers, were performed and res...

This paper proposes a new method for finding fuzzy weights in the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP), which fuzzifies the derived formulation of an eigenvector directly. The presented formulation only needs information about the upper triangular matrix and the assumption about the reciprocal matrix is not necessary. This characteristic makes the FAHP feasible because the property of recipr...

To support the efficient appraisal of and selection from a list of generic business process improvement principles, this paper proposes a strategy for the implementation of business process redesign (BPR). Its backbone is formed by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) multicriteria method and our earlier research into the popularity and impact of a set of redesign ‘‘best practices”. Using AHP, ...

abstract nowadays, fuzzy technique is used to prepare the map in different sciences, extensively. with due attention to important role of soil fertility in modern agriculture, the preparation of soil fertility map seems to be necessary to plan for appropriate using of fertilizers for crops. this study was conducted to prepare a distinct map for evaluating soil fertility according to soil availa...

In this paper we combine Real Options (ROs), Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and zero-one Goal Programming (ZOGP) in an integrated decision analysis framework for valuing and prioritizing a portfolio of ICT infrastructure investments. It is the first time that ROs are integrated with AHP and ZOGP providing a single multi-objective multi-criteria model, called GROAHP. Finally, a case illustrati...