accurate analysis and interpolation of heavy metals, especially arsenic concentrationin ground watercan play a significant role in planning and continuous monitoring of water resources. the analysis may also prevent human health issues.the purpose of this paper was to evaluate newly published sugeno type fuzzy inference system as an interpolation method for estimating the amount of arsenic in k...

background : quality management is one of the most effective strategies for improving health system performance in developed and developing countries. this research was a comparative study on quality management models in health system of several countries. the main goal of this study was to identify the most significant dimensions of quality management and propose appropriate model for health s...

today, with ever increasing use of knowledge as a critical resource one of the most important matter that all the organization face is the issue of knowledge management . due to a various efforts for introducing the business process concept to knowledge management (km) or the knowledge concept to business process management (bpm) in order to combine the advantages of the two paradigms, certain ...

in recent decades, due to the complexity of the environment, interorganizational collaboration has become the major source of competitive advantage for firms. researches suggested that many of these partnership structures will meet failure in long term. accordingly, this study based on system dynamics method was investigated the critical success factors of strategic alliances in the ceramics an...

Planning resources for a supply chain is a major factor determining its success or failure. In this paper we introduce an Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic model of a distribution network. It is believed that the additional degree of uncertainty provided by Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic will allow for better representation of the uncertainty and vagueness present in resource planning models. First, the...

enterprise resource planning (erp) plays an important role in today’s enterprise management and is beginning to be the backbone of organizations and started working on the next-phase in the enterprise system life-cycle, referred to as erpii . implementation of erpii projects takes a considerable time and resources from the organization. therefore, it is essential that critical success factors (...

in current century, success of organizations is dependent on the correct management of knowledge and also knowledge management (km) successful implementation relies on its critical success factors (csfs). identifying these critical factors can help businesses in planning and implementing knowledge management. hence, this study aims to propose a conceptual model with the csfs approach in order t...

Contingency theory suggests that various environmental, organizational and managerial factors will influence an organization’s approach to IT management. This chapter discusses the contingent nature of information systems strategic planning (ISSP) practices and presents the results of an empirical study of ISSP and the role of IS within 90 leading companies in South Africa. Results of a partial...

Supplying required human resource is one of the strategic goals of an organization. Therefore, organizations plan and predict the required human resources in order to prevent this problem. Present study using practical approach seeks to assist organizations to achieve their various goals in human resources planning. The designed model in this study clarifies vague, inaccurate, and fuzzy exp...