The maritime industry is moving towards a sustainable supply chain (SSC), intending to increase the quality of logistics and make more profit. sustainability (MSC) in Iran one topics that has not been widely studied. Ports play crucial role promoting Iran’s position international transit products, strengthening economic, social, environmental connections with neighboring eastern northeastern co...

Expanding internet-connected services has increased cyberattacks, many of which have grave and disastrous repercussions. An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) plays an essential role in network security since it helps to protect the from vulnerabilities attacks. Although extensive research was reported IDS, detecting novel intrusions with optimal features reducing false alarm rates are still chal...

This paper suggests  a novel approach for ranking the most applicable fuzzy numbers, i.e.  $LR$-fuzzy numbers. Applying the  $alpha$-optimistic values of a fuzzy number, a preference criterion is proposed for ranking fuzzy numbers using the Credibility index. The main properties of the proposed  preference criterion  are also studied.  Moreover, the proposed method is   applied for ranking fuzz...

University rankings generally present users with the problem of placing the results given for an institution in context. Only a comparison with the performance of all other institutions makes it possible to say exactly where an institution stands. In order to interpret the results of the SCImago Institutions Ranking (based on Scopus data) and the Leiden Ranking (based on Web of Science data), i...