defining maturity level is one of the important elements of the excellence models. this approach helps companies to assess competitive positions and help them to benchmark from best practices. one of the significant features of excellence models is defining maturity level using subjective and conventional approach. present research is a cross-sectional study among iranian petrochemical companie...

E-readiness is one of the major prerequisites for effective implementation of e-government. For the correct implementation of e-government, it is needed to accurately assess the state of e-readiness in desired community. In this regard, there are models to assess, but the correct choice of model is one of the most important challenges in this area. The process of evaluating and selecting the ap...

In this paper, we attempt to investigate the connection between various types of ideals (for examples $(m, n)$-ideal, bi-ideal, interior ideal, quasi ideal, prime ideal and maximal ideal) of an ordered semigroup $(S,cdot ,leq)$ and the correspond hyperideals of its EL-hyperstructure $(S,*)$ (if exists). Moreover, we construct the class of EL-$Gamma$-semihypergroup associated to a partially orde...

Scheduling is an enduring process where the existence of real time information frequently forces the review and modification of pre-established schedules. The real world is complex and complexity generally arises from uncertainty. From this prospective the concept of fuzziness is introduced in the field of scheduling. The present paper pertains to a bi-criterion in n-jobs, three machines fl...