sustainability is a concept that emphasizes substantially on investments conservation (natural, social and economic) toward intra-generation equity. when sustainable development is achieved an overlapping is created between ecological, economic and social classes. the goal of this study is to measure and evaluate watershed sustainability. in order to evaluate sustainability in zidasht basin 1, ...

Forecasts of economic time series are often evaluated according to their accuracy as measured by either quantitativeprecision or qualitative reliability. We argue that consumers purchase forecasts for the potentialutility gains from utilizing them, not for theiraccuracy. Using Monte Carlo techniques to incorporate the temporal heteroskedasticity inherent in asset returns,the expected utility of...

This research set out to find out the mate selection criteria among single female teachers. This qualitative study was carried out via thematic analysis approach. Using purposive sampling method, 15 single female teachers aged 18 to 30 years old were identified in Tehran and fifteen semi-structured interviews were conducted. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and then were analyzed using...

There are many different analysis methods for evaluation of complicated socio-economic processes. Banks are important participants of the market. Soundness and stability of banks is difficult to assess because of their complicated internal business structure, intertwined cash flows and strong influence of market conditions on bank’s performance. Multi-criteria methods of evaluation are among ma...

The selection of the most suitable machining process for a given machining application is not straightforward and requires consideration of a number of techno-technological and economic criteria. Therefore is often viewed as a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). This paper is focused on multi-criteria economic analysis of various machining processes by applying recently developed MCDM method...