In the last decades, Tehran, as capital of Iran, has faced severe air pollution. Considering importance pollution, particularly PM2.5, study assesses environmental impacts (EIA) PM2.5 in Tehran metropolis using 4-year consecutive data (2014–2017). For this purpose, inverse distance weighting model, geographically weighted regression (GWR) and fuzzy analytic network process (FANP) for interpolat...

In this paper, we propose a novel balanced scorecard design based on fuzzy analytic network process and then conduct performance evaluation through a case study. After analyzing the related works about balanced scorecard design and the algorithm of fuzzy analytic network process, we illustrate the improved balanced scorecard design. Firstly, the basic concepts for the balanced scorecards are in...

Nowadays, due to the competitive conditions of global market, corporations try to outsource their extraneous processes to third-party suppliers. So, selecting a proper supplier play a significant role in organization success. The supplier selection problem can be viewed as a group decision-making problem with multiple criteria. Since in previous researches the inter relationship between cri...

According to the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA), 140 Billion CAD is required to maintain, rehabilitate, and replace subway infrastructure between 2010 and 2014. The current practice adopted by transit authorities for prioritizing subway stations for rehabilitation is based on the station structural needs. While this classification is reflective of station condition, other factors, su...

Nowadays, due to the competitive conditions of global market, corporations try to outsource their extraneous processes to third-party suppliers. So, selecting a proper supplier play a significant role in organization success. The supplier selection problem can be viewed as a group decision-making problem with multiple criteria. Since in previous researches the inter relationship between cri...

In this study we explored the challenges involved in Lean Transformation and implementation manufacturing sector. Using survey data from 50 North American organizations, examined implementing sustaining Manufacturing (LM) principles practices production processes. The fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) network (FANP) were used to rank considerable observed these organizations. We concluded...

Abstract   The Analytic Network Process (ANP) is a generalization of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The basic structure is an influence network of clusters and nodes contained within the clusters. Priorities are established in the same way they are in the AHP using pairwise comparisons and judgment. Many decision problems cannot be structured hierarchically because they involve the inter...

abstract: background: depending on the importance of a good performance appraisal system to achieve organizational strategies, balanced scorecard technique provides a comprehensive foundation for interpreting and translating organization’s vision and strategy in a set of performance measures by regarding an overall view of organization in four perspectives included customer, internal processes,...

ABSTRACT: It is commonly recognized that knowledge is the only source of core competence in the knowledge based companies, but the productivity rate of Knowledge Workers is always Low. Based on Knowledge Workers’ characteristics, in this paper, we seek to identify factors influencing the Productivity of Knowledge Workers, and then strategies present for improvement of theirs Productivity. Final...