In today's competitive market, manufacturers not only intend to improve internal conditions, but choosing the best of markets and suppliers is at the top of their agenda. Selecting the best alternatives in each of these decisions requires analysis of many factors, which as a result, encounters organizations with a problem of multi-criteria decisions. On the other hand, the application of the gr...

The objective of this paper is to present multi-criteria group decision making in intuitionistic fuzzy environment based on grey relational analysis for weaver selection in Khadi institution. Weaver selection is a group decision making process involving qualitative and quantitative criteria. Intuitionistic trapezoidal fuzzy weighted arithmetic average operator and intuitionistic trapezoidal fuz...

Some incidents in urban railway systems affect the function of the subway’s company adversely and they could disorder the services. These events may inflict irreparable damage to passengers, employees and equipment. By recognizing the hazards existing in this type of transportation system and evaluating and prioritizing risks, we can perform appropriate actions to reduce the probability and sev...

This paper presents a better prediction model by the integration of neural network technique and grey theory for the stock index. In this paper, the grey theory applied include grey forecast model and grey relationship analysis. A GM(l, l) grey forecast model was applied to predict the next day’s stock index. Grey relationship analysis was used to filter the most important quantitative technica...

Recent genetic studies have implicated a number of candidate genes in the pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Polymorphisms of CNTNAP2 (contactin-associated like protein-2), a member of the neurexin family, have already been implicated as a susceptibility gene for autism by at least 3 separate studies. We investigated variation in white and grey matter morphology using structural MR...

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between isokinetic strengths, subjective knee scores, and functional performance in patients with an ACL-reconstructed knee. Methods: Fifty-five male patients between the ages of 16~53 years were enrolled in this study. At the time of testing, a mean 19.7 months had elapsed since the patients had received ACL reconstruction. Muscle streng...