An increasing number of Taiwanese universities are improving operational performance through innovation and total quality management (TQM). In addition, the National Quality Award (NQA), which is based on TQM, is now used to evaluate quality performance in various industries in Taiwan. Thus, several models for performance measurement have been proposed in recent years. However, these models do ...

This paper presents the combined use of standard DEMATEL and AHP methodologies in assessing a selected set criteria for evaluating sustainable forestry goals. Creating decision-making framework with two participating individuals (the authors this research) enabled comparison individually obtained solutions aggregated derived by methodologies. The strategic viewing causality relations among limi...

the aim of this paper is to construct a strategy map for a manufacturing company. to do so,based on the four aspects of the balanced scordcard, key performance indicators(kpi) were selected by a committee of experts. then, the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (dematel) method was used to determind the type and intensity of relationships between key performance indicators and focu...

The realization of sustainable social rental housing is regarded as an important policy to solve the burden, but often unsustainable. This study assesses sustainability housing. However, decision-making models, such classical hierarchy (AHP) used in current study, conflict with resolution complex influence relationship between evaluation dimensions/criteria. Based on this, we construct a new hy...

freshwater resources represent around 3% of all water on earth, and less than 1% of that is available. consideringcurrent conditions, as well as future predictions of need, freshwater resources cannot meet human needs. thus,sweetening of the brackish water can be performed to provide freshwater for human use. solar energy, because ofiran's climatic conditions, may be used for sweetening the bra...