Introduction Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a useful tool in complex decision-making situations and has been used medical fields to evaluate treatment options drug selection. We aimed provide valuable insights on the use of MCDA health care through examining research focus existing studies, major fields, applications, most productive authors countries, common journals domain using s...

environmental factors are one of the most sensitive issues that should be considered in many decisions. site selection is one of the most widely used spatial decision making problems and is influenced by many environmental factors. the purpose of site selection is to find a set of appropriate spatial alternatives for a particular application. site selection is a multi-criteria decision making p...

the management and analysis of flood hazards is of great socio- economic and ecological importance as it was estimated that 50 percent of word’s population resides and works within the costal zone till 2030. the management of coastal flood hazard reflects the cumulative effects and criteria more than the human mind can handle effectively. the flood management requires decision making for rela...

the multi-criteria decision making model is an important tool for decision making in water resource management. in this paper, the topsis model was used to rank seven flood management options in the gorganrood river flood management project, including conservation of natural condition, golestan reservoir management, levee construction, diversions-channel construction, flood forecasting and warn...

in developed countries, improvement has been made in service providing industries along with the improvements made in quality assurance and management skills and systems in the domain of manufacturing industries. unfortunately, in developing countries, primary needs have led these countries to focus their attention illogically and solely on production and they disregard the quality of services....