The hierarchical TOPSIS model used in this article is able to grasp the ambiguity exists in the utilized information and the fuzziness appears in the human judgments and preferences. The use of the hierarchical fuzzy TOPSIS methodology offers a number of benefits: (1) being a systematic model and straight forward one for working on; and (2) capable of capturing human's appraisal of ambiguity wh...

here, we propose a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (fahp) method to evaluate the alternatives of enterprise resource planning (erp) system. the fuzzy ahp approach allows the users get values more accurately to model the vagueness which changes according subjective ideas in the decision-making environment for erp system selection problem. therefore, fuzzy ahp method is used to obtain firm decis...

the main purpose of this paper is to present a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (fmadm) model for appropriate location selection of a health center. therefore, we identify sixteen criteria and sub-criteria for selecting a health center location. these criteria and sub-criteria have been obtained from literature reviews and practical interviews. this paper proposes a method which combines th...

Here, we propose a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) method to evaluate the alternatives of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The fuzzy AHP approach allows the users get values more accurately to model the vagueness which changes according subjective ideas in the decision-making environment for ERP system selection problem. Therefore, fuzzy AHP method is used to obtain firm decis...

the comprehensive assessment model considers the financial and non-financial aspects as balanced scorecard. also, for more comprehensive results of the investigation, four aspects of the balanced scorecard were used and then by using fuzzy delphi technique and experts' opinions, the standard aspects of each were achieved in two stages. to determine the importance of each aspect of bsc, the proce...

Background and Objectives: Prioritizing the services to be outsourced is a crucial challenge toward efficient outsourcing of health services. In spite of fruitful efforts in improving the outsourcing process, there still remains room and need for developing more systematic approaches. The present paper introduces a novel multi-criteria decision making model based on the fuzzy a...

drilling operations are exposed to a variety of hazards, some of which may be location and activity dependent and each could pose different risk from different paths.  drilling operation may be vulnerable to hurricanes in one region and be exposed to geohazards in another. however, there are other hazards, (e.g. corrosion, age degradation, poor maintenance), which equally affects every rig. ide...

need to progress is the factors contributing to development and trying to meet these requirements cause which organization will lead to the development. organizations performance evaluating, is one of the most powerful management tools that we can by that, obtained required information of organization status .in this study, a performance evaluation model based on balanced scorecard (bsc), which...