Supplier selection is a multi-criteria problem which includes both tangible and intangible factors in these problems if suppliers have capacity or other different constraints two problems will exist: which suppliers are the best and how much should be purchased from each selected supplier? The objective of this paper is to present an integrated model and a supporting approach for effective ...

There is agreement within the academia and practitioners that IT investments should be evaluated in order to be in agreement with the overall strategic objectives of an organization. Moving toward to this direction, the aim of this paper is to present a model that combines Balanced ScoreCard (BSC) methodology and a decision support method such as Analytic Network Process (ANP) for assisting the...

This paper deals with addition besides deletion of indifferent or wash criteria on which the alternatives have equal performance in the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) against the misguided argument as shortcoming of the AHP. In such case, it is noted that careful attention and a correct approach are required in order not to be led towards a wrong decision with rank reversal when composing pri...

This study proposes a new approach to identifying core technologies from a perspective of technological cross-impacts based on patent co-classification information with consideration of the overall interrelationships among technologies. The proposed approach is comprised of two methods: association rule mining (ARM) and the analytic network process (ANP). Firstly association rule mining (ARM) i...

There have often been attempts to examine technological structure and linkage as a network. Network analysis has been mainly employed with various centrality measures to identify core technologies in a technology network. None of the existing centrality measures, however, can successfully capture indirect relationships in a network. To address this limitation, this study proposes a novel approa...

iranian cave barb (iranocypris typhlops, bruun and kaiser, 1944)is one of thevery rareandendemicspeciesof iran. its distributionrangeislimitedina habitat that causes some problems for its conservation. thisuniquehabitatfaces somenatural and humanthreatsand the habitatdestructionmeansthe extinctionof the species. based on, habitat selection for translocation of the species is an important object...

The model for evaluation of suppliers has a very important influence on enterprise operations and promotion of competitiveness. The purpose of this paper is to establish a model for evaluation of suppliers for practice, thereby promoting the competitiveness of enterprises, and to apply academic patterns to practical problem solving. This paper established framework and criteria of evaluation by...

This paper presents a fundamental research on customer requirements modelling and propagation throughout the whole product development lifecycle. A theoretical mapping model, from customer requirements to quality characteristics, is established. It covers three processes, i.e., the qualification and classification of customer requirements, the generation and transformation of product quality ch...

Rangelands are important for plant productivity, livestock production, wildlife,conservation of soil and water resources, and etc. One of the main problem of rangeland isthat has not been used based on its potential that leads to more degradation of rangelands.The purpose of this study was to evaluate the range management capability of Badrehregion in Ilam province, Iran, using ANP (Analytic Ne...