This paper proposes an efficient performance measurement system to evaluate the excellence of e-learning centers of universities. The proposed system uses the analytic network process (ANP) as an effective multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) method and its fuzzy mode to respond to uncertainties in judgements. This system also needs a targeted and systematic criteria set which is collected thr...

Site selection for sitting of urban activities/facilities is one of the crucial policy-related decisions taken by urban planners and policy makers. The process of site selection is inherently complicated. A careless site imposes exorbitant costs on city budget and damages the environment inevitably. Nowadays, multi-attributes decision making approaches are suggested to use to improve precision ...

The textile sector is one of Turkey's most advanced sectors. Most the workers in industry are women. Ergonomics risks appear as an essential factor to be addressed ensuring occupational safety and health this area where dependency on people continues, labor-intensive production present. consists cutting, sewing, ironing, quality control, printing, packaging, shipping departments. women working ...

this research was aimed to investigate the condition of the existing roads and designing road network based on forest management plan at armardah, baneh. using analytical hierarchy process (ahp) method, the important layers of slope, aspect, forest type and distance to villages and resorts, were weighted and ranked. maps were produced to weighted layers generated in gis to find suitable regions...

In this paper, simultaneous placement of distributed generation, capacitor bank and protective devices are utilized to improve the efficiency of the distribution network. The objectives of the problem are reduction of active and reactive power losses, improvement of voltage profile and reliability indices and increasing distribution companies’ profit. The combination of firefly algorithm, parti...