introduction: due to irregular growth and expansion of cities, especially in developing countries, various issues and difficulties have arisen in different economic, social and ecological fields and various measurements and approaches in order to supply desirable conditions for today and future generations. healthy city approach is one these approaches as today it’s a new mechanism proposed by ...

the stock selection problem is one of the major issues in the investment industry, which is mainlysolved by analyzing financial ratios. however, considering the complexity and imprecise patterns ofthe stock market, obvious and easy-to-understand investment rules, based on fundamental analysis,are difficult to obtain. fundamental and technical analyses are two common methods for predictingthe fu...

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 ...

in this paper, a model has been provided for selecting right portfolio in stock exchange. the ranking of financial industries and companies has been applied for the selection of the right stock in this model. these rankings have been done through promethee decision- making method. technical analysis aims to determine the right time to buy and sell the superior stocks. a survey study is also don...

The problem of determining exemplary lecturers is included in the multi-criteria decision making because assessment can be based on predetermined criteria. Consequently, an important aspect improving quality education institution. In order for final outcomes to objective and examine various values each criterion characteristic, decision-making processes are obviously required. goal this study p...

the current study set to extend a new vikor method as a compromise ranking approach to solve multiple criteria decision-making (mcdm) problems through intuitionistic fuzzy analysis. using compromise method in mcdm problems contributes to the selection of an alternative as close as possible to the positive ideal solution and far away from the negative ideal solution, concurrently. using atanasso...

Article history: Received June 2, 2011 Received in Revised form October, 19, 2011 Accepted 8 January 2012 Available online 11 January 2012 One of the main challenges in Stock Market is to choose an appropriate combinations of various assets. The aim of this study is to propose a hybrid method, which is able to survey one problem with some criteria that it is very good for investment problem. In...

in most of the multi-criteria decision making problems, it is important to have necessary information about relative importance of each criteria. in this group of problems, weights measure the relative importance of preferences of each criteria in comparison with the other decision making criteria. in this research, the nise method has been used for mapping mean-variance efficient frontier. nis...

In this paper we deal with the problem of enhancing the decision making abilities of broker agents in digital learning resources brokerage systems. Following a multi-criteria decision making approach, we provide broker agents with the means to qualitatively represent the user preferences and efficiently evaluate the proposed alternatives. Learner modelling and digital learning resources descrip...

it is difficult to prevent accidents in the transport of hazardous goods, so the development of strategies for managing crisis situations and the optimization of action plans are important. the crisis situation is a continuous event in time when its evolution is unpredictable because it depends on a whole of complex factors resulting from the environment of the crisis. decision making in crisis...