Portfolio selection problems include vague parameters and fuzzy set is a powerful tool to cope with uncertainty caused by both the financial markets and the behavior of the investors’ decisions. This paper presents a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach to evaluate nine stocks taken from ISE. The Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process method is applied to determine the weights of crit...

since we cannot manage what we cannot control, and we cannot control what we do not measure, the measurement of knowledge management (km) effectiveness is a very important issue. this study aims at developing a methodology to evaluate the km effectiveness under fuzziness in research organizations. in order to develop such a methodology and to define measures of km effectiveness, first the relev...

theories of semantic fields are the most valuable topics of semantics in linguistic researches. this concept refers to the set of words which are the subset of a general meaning connected through special relations. in fact, semantics is the summary of words’ relations with each other. therefore, this study aims to investigate semantic fields in nahj al-fasaha, to explain relations among words i...

Objectives: Word definition skill is a complex language ability in which meta-linguistic awareness and literacy skills play a critical role. The present study examined the development of word definition skills in Persian-speaking children aged 4.5 to 7.5 years, concerning content and form aspects. Methods: This was a cross-sectional and analytic-descriptive study. The study subjects were 107 c...

Some of the difficulties and misunderstandings that happen in accounting theory, practice, regulation and education are grounded in language and linguistics. As an illustration of this the Persian equivalent of 'accounting' is linguistically analysed to reveal how a mistranslation may cause difficulties in understanding and improving Iranian Accounting. This paper shows how Hesaabdaaree is not ...