This paper describes the results from using four counting methods that represented three different counting approaches – i.e., whole counting, straight counting, and fractional counting, on university rankings based on Hindex. Using a large bibliometric dataset that contained 20 years of physics research papers and citations from Web of Science, we tested the methods on the data and sorted 299 ...

In this paper, we provide a simple forward-looking approach to compare rating methods with respect their stability over time. Given vector of entities involved in the comparison and ranking indicated by rating, is measured change ranks time from perspective. We investigate various linear algebraic use Euclidean distance Kendall tau rank correlation measure ranking, respectively. The investigati...

Geographic Information Retrieval is concerned with retrieving documents in response to a spatially related query. This paper addresses the ranking of documents by both textual and spatial relevance. To this end, we introduce distributed ranking, where similar documents are ranked spread in the list instead of consecutively. The effect of this is that documents close together in the ranked list ...

‎ranking fuzzy numbers is generalization of the concepts of order, and class, and so have fundamental applications. moreover, deriving the final efficiency and powerful ranking are helpful to decision makers when solving fuzzy problems. selecting a good ranking method can apply to choosing a desired criterion in a fuzzy environment. there are numerous methods proposed for the ranking of fuzzy n...

in today’s highly competitive manufacturing environment, an effective supplier selection process is very important for the success of any business organization. selection of the best supplier is always a difficult task for the purchasing manager. suppliers have varied strengths and weaknesses which require careful assessment by the purchasing manager before selecting and ranking them. any suppl...

insurance companies are important economic institutions in each country and support other economic institutions and good performance of them has an effective role in economic boom. insurance companies to achieve strong and effective performance must be aware of the environment, the competitor and their performance and carry out necessary actions with regard to this information. in this study, t...

In our previous study, focusing on a ranking determination, we developed two ranking models. The foundation of these ranking models is derived from either one of the two ranking methods, denoted by Ranking (I) and Ranking (II), that were proposed in our previous papers. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the mathematical structure in the process of generating Ranking (I) and Ranking (II) i...