supplier evaluation and selection is important in supply chain management. this is a typical multiple criteria decision making that consists of both quantitative and qualitative factors. ahp is a proper approach to aid this decision making problem, because of its inherent capacity to handle qualitative and quantitative criteria, but when criteria are dependent this method is not so good. also t...

this paper introduces a new method for incorporating the performance of alternatives into their ultimate ranking in a linear assignment method. this method is one of multi-criteria decision-making methods, in which the weight of criteria is incorporated in ranking the alternatives, and the distance between the performances of alternatives do not affect in ranking the alternatives. in order to m...

Introduction Innovation in drug therapy is a source of continuing debate for all those who, for various reasons, are concerned with drugs: manufacturers, regulatory agencies, academia, health care professionals and patients. The term “innovative” often tends to be used to define a new drug proposed for entry onto the market, while it is instead necessary to find a more precise definition of thi...

The purpose of this paper is to propose a ranking method for solving fuzzy multiple criteria decision making (FMCDM) problems. The representation of multiplication operation on fuzzy numbers is useful for the decision makers to rank all alternatives and choose the best one under the fuzzy multiple criteria decision making environment. The representation of multiplication operation on three fuzz...

There are several methods for Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) such as multiple attribute utility theory (MAUT), the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), and Fuzzy AHP. However, these methods are compensatory optimization approaches for which bad score on some criteria can be compensated by excellent scores on other criteria. So, the Elimination and Choice Translating Reality III (ELECTRE I...

Multi attribute decision making methods are considered as one of the most useful methods for solving ranking problems. In some decision making problems, while the alternatives for corresponding criteria are compared in a pairwise comparison manner, if the criteria are inherently fuzzy, debates will arise in ranking alternatives due to the closeness of the values of the criteria. In this researc...