: nowadays, organizations are faced with a multitude of project and investment opportunities. despite the importance of various criteria, complexity of multi-objective models and weakness of optimization algorithms often compelled manager to limit the selection criteria or only suffice to financial objects. in this paper, it is endeavored to extend selection criteria by using an efficient optim...

Third party service providers are locating logistic hub for operating their tasks. Finding a proper location helps them to have better performance in competitive environment. Multiple characteristics of proper location selection faces the decision maker to have a multi criteria decision making problem. Since the location decision is a long term planning, the robustness of the decision is gettin...

the county of khorram-abad enjoys a high potential for ecotourism because of its mountains, forests, natural mineral springs, natural waterfalls and diversity in folks and cultures. but, un-planned and uncontrolled ecotourism can have negative effects on environment, economy, culture and even the security of eco-tourists. the main purpose of this study is to present a fuzzy multi-criteria decis...

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...

Abstract Purpose of this paper: The objectives of this paper are two folds: (1) utilizing hierarchical fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) approach to evaluate the most suitable RFID-based systems decision, and (2) to highlight key risks and benefits of radio frequency identification technology in healthcare industry. Design/methodology/approach: R...

based on existence of the chromite deposits in the sistan and baluchestan province in iran, and also various applications of chromite in different industries, it is expected that the establishment of chromite processing plant is required in the erelong. the geographical location of a processing plant can have a strong influence on the success of an industrial venture. the processing plant site ...