abstract: although all university majors are prominent and the necessity of their presences is of no question, they might not have the same priority basis considering different resources and strategies that could be spotted for a country. this paper focuses on clustering and ranking university majors in iran. to do so, a model is presented to clarify the procedure. eight different criteria are ...

This study recommends a GIS-based (Geographic Information Systems) and multi-criteria evaluation for site selection of gas power plant in Natanz City of Iran. The multi-criteria decision framework integrates legal requirements and physical constraints related to environmental and economic concerns. It also builds a hierarchy model for gas power plant suitability. The methodologies used for site...

abstract: in most industries the cost of raw materials and component parts constitutes almost 60% percent of cost of a product (in some industries up to 80%). in this situation, proper sourcing can play a key role in an organization's efficiency and effectiveness, because it has a direct effect on cost reduction, profitability and flexibility of a company. in this paper, determining the op...

agility is perceived as the dominant competitive vehicle for all organizations in an uncertain and ever-changing business environment. many of the enterprises in present competitive environment need to have strategic plan for achieving agility. for this purpose, they should identify strategies in order to centralize on the agility capabilities and providers. indeed, each enterprise for achievin...

Online environments have evolved from the early-stage technical systems to social platforms with communication mechanisms resembling interactions which can be found in real world. marketers are using close relations between users of networks more easily propagate marketing contents their advertising campaigns. Such viral campaigns proven provide better results than traditional online marketing,...

Abstract— In this paper, a new extended method of multi criteria decision making based on fuzzy-Topsis theory is introduced. fuzzy mcdm algorithm for determining the best choice among all possible choices when the data are fuzzy is also presented. Using a new index leads to procedure for choosing fuzzy ideal and negative ideal solutions directly from the fuzzy data observed alternatives.in this...