the stock selection problem is one of the major issues in the investment industry, which is mainlysolved by analyzing financial ratios. however, considering the complexity and imprecise patterns ofthe stock market, obvious and easy-to-understand investment rules, based on fundamental analysis,are difficult to obtain. fundamental and technical analyses are two common methods for predictingthe fu...

this paper presents a multi-attribute decision-making model to rank and select the best zones of the city of tehran in order to add new emergency services. the purpose of this decision-making problem is to prioritize the zones having a higher need to emergency services, so that the emergency services to people in different zones get optimized. a multi-criteria decision making model is presented...

Abstract— In this paper, a new extended method of multi criteria decision making based on fuzzy-Topsis theory is introduced. fuzzy mcdm algorithm for determining the best choice among all possible choices when the data are fuzzy is also presented. Using a new index leads to procedure for choosing fuzzy ideal and negative ideal solutions directly from the fuzzy data observed alternatives.in this...

time, cost and quality are considered as the main components in managing each project. previous researches have mainly focused on the time-cost trade-off problems. recently quality is considered as the most important factor in project�s success, which is influenced by time acceleration that is the less time is spent the more success is gained. in time-cost-quality trade-off problems, each act...

implementation of the risk management concepts into construction practice may enhance the performance of project by taking appropriate response actions against identified risks. this research proposes a multi-criteria group decision making approach for the evaluation of different alternative response scenarios. to take into account the uncertainties inherent in evaluation process, fuzzy logic i...

in last decades, the skillful planning of land resources has become a major issue for rural development. the development of cultivated areas becomes gradually impossible due to ever increasing population growth and urban development. fuzzy logic is preferred to boolean logic for land evaluation, because fuzzy techniques lead to estimate for land use suitability on a continuous scale and can the...

Due to the increasing competition of globalization, selection of the most appropriate supplier is one of the key factors for asupply chain management’s success. Due to conflicting evaluations and insufficient information about the criteria, Intuitionisticfuzzy sets (IFSs) considered as animpressive tool and utilized to specify the relative importance of the criteria. The aim of this paper is to...