Warehouse location selection is a multi-criteria decision problem including both quantitative and qualitative criteria and has a strategic importance for many companies. The conventional methods for warehouse location selection are inadequate for dealing with the imprecise or vague nature of linguistic assessment. To overcome this difficulty, fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods are pro...

abstract. today, there is no specific method or criterion for selecting contractors in the researches’ field. usually this selection is regarded as a matter of taste and as a result, there is no coordinated approach in the mentioned domain. sometimes, after signing the contract, the inappropriate selection became clear. the managers are in direct need of a pattern for selecting the contractors....

information accompanied with the technology supporting it is valuable asset in many organizations. as organizations are highly depended on it, implementing it effective governance is necessary for them. it governance areas affecting business are strategic alignment, risk management, performance management, resource management and providing value.  successful performances need a mix of structure...

Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) is one of the most common activities in human society. It consists of selecting the optimal one from a set of available alternatives with respect to the predefined criteria or attributes. In this paper, a hybrid decision making approach integrating Analytical hierarchical process (AHP) operators into VIKOR is proposed for tackling multi criteria problems wi...

introduction: medical records department (mrd) is important for evaluating, planning and prioritizing health care services. the major aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of the mrds of hospitals using multi-criteria decision-making approach in the selected hospitals of isfahan city, iran. methods: this was an analytical and cross-sectional study that was conducted in spring 2008 i...

the evaluation and selection of recommender systems is a difficult decision making process. this difficulty is partially due to the large diversity of published evaluation criteria in addition to lack of standardized methods of evaluation. as such, a systematic methodology is needed that explicitly considers multiple, possibly conflicting metrics and assists decision makers to evaluate and find...

The evaluation and selection of recommender systems is a difficult decision making process. This difficulty is partially due to the large diversity of published evaluation criteria in addition to lack of standardized methods of evaluation. As such, a systematic methodology is needed that explicitly considers multiple, possibly conflicting metrics and assists decision makers to evaluate and find...