Abstract In a decision-making process, one finds that there are alternatives which can be categorized into several groups, based on his or her perspectives, and/or on expected outcome, such as whether his or her choice brings about gains or losses, or that such a choice is right or wrong. Besides, there are many cases with a dilemma where it is hard to select the best choice through transitive ...

s This research sets up a conceptual design of a future mobile or portable healthcare device using the quality function development (QFD) with the analytic network process (ANP) and the theory of inventive problem solving (TRIZ). We propose a three-stage QFD in order to consider customers’ requirements, extend the whole design process, and calculate the priorities of the left-hand-side element...

Existing methodologies of equity investment, such as fundamental analysis, technical analysis, and institutional investor analysis, explore important factors of stock price behaviors. However, the interdependent relationships of the key factors have not yet been fully studied. This paper provides the first analysis on the interactive relationships among the factors in incorporating the methods ...

Many firms implemented various initiatives such as outsourced manufacturing which could make a supply chain (SC) more vulnerable to various types of disruptions. So managing risk has become a critical component of SC management. Different types of SC vulnerability management methodologies have been proposed for managing SC risk, most offer only point-based solutions that deal with a limited set...

Inventory management is an important part of production planning process for enterprises. Decisions for strategies to determine when and how many to buy or make can be made by classifying the inventory items based on their sorts. In this evaluation, ABC inventory classification is one of the most commonly used approaches. In this study, a fuzzy analytic network process approach was proposed to ...

This study investigates relative importance of website success factors in selecting the most preferred website. To identify relative importance of website success factors and to rank alternative websites with respect to success factors, Updated Delone and McLean Information System Success Model is extended through applying an analytic network process (ANP) approach. A field study with 383 acade...

banks are one of the financial firms that different decisions are always minor system. an example of automation systems for human resources, finance, internal controls and so named. that is why banks are looking for a comprehensive system to integrate its activities are concentrated. so the enterprise resource planning system (erp) is one of the important applications of information technology ...