Futurology of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Techniques Using Philosophical Assumptions of Paradigms in Scenario Writing

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Mehdi Roghani ¹ , Mahmoud Modiri ² , Kiamars Fathi Hafshjani ³ , AbuTurab Alirezaei ⁴

1 - Department of Industrial Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Industrial Management, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-07-28 Accepted : 2020-11-13 Published : 2021-01-06

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