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Fuzzy ANP-Based PROMETHEE II Approach for Evaluation of Machine Tool Alternatives
(IOS Press, 2016)
Machine tool selection process has been a critical issue for companies for years since improper selection of a machine tool might cause many problems affecting negatively the productivity precision flexibility and company's ...
Managing natural gas demand for free consumers under uncertainty and limited storage capacity
(Elsevier, 2020)
Demand for energy sources depends on several factors such as population growth, urbanization, industrialization, and climate. Among fundamental energy sources, natural gas is characterized by storage limitations and ...
An intelligent approach for the evaluation of innovation projects
(IOS Press, 2020)
In this study, an intelligent approach is presented for the evaluation and selection of innovation projects. Selecting the best innovation project is a complicated multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problem with ...
Determining matchdays in sports league schedules to minimize rest differences
(ELSEVIER, 2020)
Many sports leagues first announce the games to be played in each round and then determine their matchdays as the season progresses. This study focuses on the fairness criterion of minimizing the total rest difference among ...
An approach to evaluate CAM software alternatives
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2020)
The selection process for the best computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software among a set of potential number of alternatives in market has been critical issue for most companies that aim to make their design/manufactur ...
An intelligent approach to prioritize logistics requirements in food industry
(ExcelingTech Publishers, 2014)
The aim of this study is to analyze dairy food industry and to determine the priorities of important logistics requirements (LR) based on customer requirements as a part of a supply management system. For product or service ...
Determination of epidemic parameters from early phase fatality data: A case study of the 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic in Europe
(World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd, 2018)
This paper demonstrates that the susceptible-infected-removed (SIR) model applied to the early phase of an epidemic can be used to determine epidemic parameters reliably. As a case study the SIR model is applied to the ...
Minimization of rest mismatches in round robin tournaments
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018)
In sports tournaments an occurrence of a difference in the rest periods of opponent teams in a game which we refer to as a rest mismatch will disadvantage the less rested team. Thus it is only fair to expect opposing teams ...
Detached eddy simulation of shallow mixing layer development between parallel streams
(Elsevier Science Bv, 2015)
Results of a high resolution Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) are used to characterize the evolution of a shallow mixing layer developing between two parallel streams in a long open channel with a smooth flat bed and medium ...
A Fuzzy AHP-TOPSIS-Based Group Decision-Making Approach to IT Personnel Selection
(Springer, 2018)
Global competition and the rapid development of information technologies force organizations to continuously change their ways. Nowadays organizations need personnel who make a difference through innovative ideas and who ...