contractor selection is one of the most important problem in supply chain and itsstrongly effect on firm`s performance. because a significant amount of auniversity`s budget assigns to construction contracts, contractor selection is animportant problem for the financial status of universities. since contractor selectionis a multi-criteria decision making problem (mcdm), lots of methods proposed ...

here, we propose a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fahp) method to evaluate the alternatives of enterprise resource planning (erp) system. the fuzzy ahp approach allows the users get values more accurately to model the vagueness which changes according subjective ideas in the decision-making environment for erp system selection problem. therefore, fuzzy ahp method is used to obtain firm decis...

in recent decade, several methodologies and tools have been developed to undertake a risk analysis in order to prevent accidents in the process industries. attempts have been made to study and compare these methods. however, yet no method has been proposed to aid managers in a scientific selection of a proper risk analysis method. in this paper, we have presented a multi criteria decision makin...

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a method for measuring the efficiency of peer decision making units (dmus) with multiple inputs and outputs. the traditional dea treats decision making units under evaluation as black boxes and calculates their efficiencies with first inputs and last outputs. this carries the notion of missing some intermediate measures in the process of changing the inputs to...

industrial energy consumption lies between 30% and 70% of the total energy consumed in selected countries. cement production is one of the most energy intensive industries all around the world. this paper deals with an energy audit analysis in a cement plant in iran. in all recent works, after performing an energy audit, different strategies are offered to reduce energy losses. generally, these...

decision-making by entrepreneurs is a process that cannot be explained by existing models. literature analysis reveals a gap due to the teleological approach of existing models. this research aims to conceptualize central elements of new venture creation decision-making process in a selected sample of nascent entrepreneurs in iranian high-tech industries based on a non-teleological approach and...