Measuring performance and determining the key factors of performance have been an important research topic in different sector in recent years. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the performance ranks of the private banks in Turkey due to the fact that performances of private banks are important at the stage of economic growth. In this research, the private banks in Turkey ranked by TOP...

BACKGROUND Raw Moutan cortex (RMC) is an important Chinese herbal medicine. Comprehensive and objective quality evaluation of Chinese herbal medicine has been one of the most important issues in the modern herbs development. OBJECTIVE To evaluate and compare the quality of RMC using the weighted gray correlation- Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) metho...

This paper proposes a method for ranking decision making units (DMUs) using some of the multiple criteria decision making / multiple attribute decision making          (MCDM /MADM) techniques, namely, interval analytic hierarchy process (IAHP)          and the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS).          Since the efficiency score of unity is assigned to ...

In this work, a version of the technique for order preference by similarity ideal solution (TOPSIS) with entropic regularization approach is developed for solving the fuzzy multi-objective nonlinear programming (MONLP) problems. Applying the basic principle of compromise of TOPSIS, the fuzzy MONLP problem can be reduced into a fuzzy bi-objective nonlinear programming problem. Moreover, followin...

Quality credit has been an academic and commercial hotspot recently. This paper is mainly devoted into using a quantitative method to evaluate credit quality. Firstly, a plain but logical indicator system of quality credit is established. Then, the classical MCDM method TOPSIS is introduced to evaluate the credit quality of 8 air-conditioning enterprises in China market. The discussion of evalu...

Technique for Order preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) is a Multi Attribute DecisionMaking (MADM) technique employed in diverse disciplines for the prioritization of alternative options/solutions to a problem. Test vector compaction for analog fault detection is a field which is witnessing continuous growth and experimentation. This study suggests a novel TOPSIS-based approach ...

An information fusion system with local sensors sometimes requires the capability to represent the temporal changes of uncertain sensory information in dynamic and uncertain situation to access to a hypothesis node which cannot be observed directly. One of the central issue and challenging problem is the decision of what combination and order of sensors allocation should be selected between sen...

This study presents one of the first attempts to focus on critical success factors influencing the entrepreneurial intensity of Malaysian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as they attempt to expand internationally. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and prioritize the entrepreneurial intensity among the SMEs using multicriteria decision (MCDM) techniques. In this research FAHP is used...

In the context of intelligent home energy management in smart grid, the occupants’ consumption behavior has a direct effect on the demand and supply of the electrical energy market. Correspondingly, the policies of the utility providers affect consumption behavior so techniques and tools are required to analyse the occupants’ preferences, habits and lifestyles in order to support and facilitate...