The analytic network process (ANP) is presented as a potentially valuable method to support the selection of projects in a research and development (R&D) environment. This paper first discusses the requirements of the R&D project selection problem, which requires the allocation of resources to a set of competing and often disparate project proposals. Among the factors complicating this task is ...

With the development of electronic information technique, electronic ecommerce grows rapidly, including B2C electronic commerce company. The evaluation of customer value in B2C electronic commerce company is a multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem with many quantitative and qualitative attributes. This paper proposes fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) approach to evaluate cust...

The balanced scorecard (BSC) provides an enterprise view of an organization’s overall performance. It integrates financial measures with other key performance indicators around customer perspectives, internal business processes, and organizational growth, learning, and innovation. The strategy planning is a virtual necessity for business activities, and this paper presents the use of the analyt...

This paper describes an approach, based on the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) that assists decision makers or manufacturing engineers determining the most appropriate manufacturing process to be employd in manufacturing of composite automotive bumper beam at the early stage of product development process. There are 5 types of processes under consideration namely injection moulding (IM), res...

In this work the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method has been used to evaluate the best action to be performed by a public transit company with reference to a general goal aimed at customer satisfaction. The tested procedure can help the planner to select the most effective action with reference to the general goal by using in optimal way the available resources.

This research uses the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) to analyze key factors in evaluating and screening strategic alliance partners in the telecommunications industry. Telecommunications companies can utilize key factors of strategic alliances to provide self-growth and obtain competitive advantage opportunities for expanding global market share. This research summarizes the evaluation and...

This study aims to develop a methodology that can quantify social value at the practical level, considering it is difficult information of individual businesses despite importance both in practice and academia. As people’s living standards rise, gap between rich poor has widened, this phenomenon broadening scope welfare projects central local governments must carry out. In context, quantifying ...

abstract background and purpose:in many regions especially in the north of iran groundwater is the most important resource for drinking supply. a present study was carried out in the tajan plain in northern iran. the aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of groundwater. materials and methods:in order to constructing the groundwater quality index (gwqi) 3 main levels were composed select...