this study is about philosophical view of soltan ali khorasani gonabadi, the writer of dastur al-alag manuscript, dating back to 1524 ad, on physicians. the original manuscript, kept at shiraz university of medical sciences museum, was studied thoroughly. in the preface of the book, soltan ali khorasani gonabadi explained his holistic view on medicine and considered ethical and philosophical ba...

RFID technologies are currently considered a hot topic in the IT arena and have been described as a major enabling technology for automated, contactless, wireless data collection. Little is known about the perceived strategic importance of RFID among IT decision makers, current RFID usage, companies' intentions to invest in RFID and companies’ visions of RFID application. This research contribu...

This paper considers Interval Analytic Hierarchy Process (Interval AHP) in group decision making for encouraging communication. Interval AHP is suitable method to handle subjective judgments since the induced results are intervals which can include uncertainty of given information. The decision makers’ opinions can be aggregated at some stages of decision making process to reach consensus. One ...

Key points to effective decision making assistance are helping decision-makers understand their decisions and develop the insight necessary for action. Such assistance must recognize and break through the ignorance that is often the primary source of decision-making difficulty. Decision analysis as tool for formal decision making methodology is employed to assist decision-makers facing difficul...