Objective: Almost all countries are affected by a variety of drug-supply problems and spend a considerable amount of time and resources to address shortages. The current study aims to reach a consensus on the scarce drug allocation measures to improve the allocation process of scarce drugs in Iran by a population needs-based approach. Methods: To achieve the objective, two phases were co...

Evaluation and selection of a concrete production facility location is an important strategic decision making problems for both the public and private sector. The multi-dimensional, multi-criteria nature of the concrete production facility location problem limits the usefulness of any particular single objective model. In this study, social, economical, technological, environmental, and transpo...

The development of the Internet is a key revolution 20th century. has led to boom in e-commerce. Online shopping generally most popular option for consumers. coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic resulted adopting various measures, such as lockdown and stay-at-home orders, countries. This changes people’s consumption habits. In Taiwan, consumer behavior also rapidly shifted online after ...

This study aims to obtain expert agreement on the content validity of Career Interest Inventory Competency Instrument (K-IMK). The K-IMK instrument contains three main constructs namely knowledge, skills and attitudes. There are 58 question items with a breakdown each Attitude Construct 19 items, Knowledge 22 Skill 17 items. In this study, Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) uses five Likert scales agree...

OBJECTIVE The article gives an introductory overview of the use of the Delphi expert consensus method in mental health research. It explains the rationale for using the method, examines the range of uses to which it has been put in mental health research, and describes the stages of carrying out a Delphi study using examples from the literature. METHOD To ascertain the range of uses, a system...

IT-outsourcing supplier evaluation and selection is a dynamic and complex multi-objective decision-making problem. In order to quantitatively evaluate IT-outsourcing suppliers, a supplier evaluation index system and comprehensive supplier evaluation model was established based on combination weighting and double base points method. In this model, qualitative sorting was obtained by the combinat...

introduction: research in education is a globally significant issue without a long history. due to the importance of the issue in health system development programs, this study intended to determine research priorities in medical education, considering their details and functions. by determining barriers existing in research in education progress, it is tried to make research priorities more fu...

Article history: Received 27 September 2007 Received in revised form 4 October 2008 Accepted 15 June 2009 With the rapid advancement of technology, product life cycle is shortening continuously. In order to compete against other firms in fiercely competitive global markets, a firm has to keep developing new technology to differentiate itself from others. The acquisition of new coretechnology eq...