in this paper a fuzzy analytical network process model for supporting the vendor selection process in strategic situations is suggested. first, the vendor evaluation problem is putting together by use of the multi-criteria decision-making (mcdm) approach and a five-step hybrid process, which incorporates the technique of fuzzy analytical network process. then the modified topsis (technique for ...

The purpose of this study is to explore ways apply information technologies such as big data, Internet things (IoT), mobile internet, and so on the healthcare industry. By analyzing impact path high-techs healthcare, it intends propose an application system for sustainable development called “smart healthcare”. It identifies influencing factors smart from three different perspectives: society, ...

Maintenance has been acknowledged by industrial management as a significant influencing factor of plant performance. Effective plant maintenance can be realized by developing a proper maintenance strategy. However, selecting an appropriate maintenance strategy is difficult because maintenance is a non-repetitive task such as production activity. Maintenance also does not leave a consistent trac...

risk response planning is one of the main phases in the project risk management and has major impacts on the success of a large-scale project. since projects are unique, and risks are dynamic through the life of the projects, it is necessary to formulate responses of the important risks. the conventional approaches tend to be less effective in dealing with the impreciseness of risk response pl...

Decision-making methods are widely used in renewable energy source (RES) investment. In practical applications, various conditions need to be considered during the decision-making process, such as uncertainty and reliability of information, dependence among criteria, different risk preferences decision makers. However, there is currently a lack effective consideration all these conditions. this...

The aim of this study is to formulate an analysis model which can express the security grades of software vulnerability and serve as a basis for evaluating danger level of information program or filtering hazardous weaknesses of the system and improve it to counter the threat of different danger factors. Through the utilization of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP), we will organize the cr...

supply chain management is one of modern approach in the field of operation and production management. nowadays success and survival of manufacturing organizations depend on effectiveness and productivity of supply chains. this research tries to investigate contributing factor to enhance supply chain productivity. then by using fuzzy promethe-a multiple attribute decision making (madm) - tous a...

Interval type-2 fuzzy sets, each of which is characterized by the footprint of uncertainty, are a very useful means to depict the linguistic information in the process of decision making. In this article, we investigate the group decision making problems in which all the linguistic information provided by the decision makers is expressed as interval type-2 fuzzy decision matrices where each of ...

For multiple attribute group decision-making problems, in which the attribute values are triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers and the attribute weight information is the linguistic evaluation, a multiple attribute group decision-making method is proposed. In the method, first, to transform the 2-tuple linguistic attribute weights to the real numbers. Then, to aggregate the experts’ preferenc...