Analytic Hierarchy Process

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1 - Prioritizing The Sustainable Development Of Strategic Infrastructures Using The Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Case Study Of Iran
Babak Nabizadeh Saman Solaimanian

Introduction: The importance of the global movement towards sustainable development has increased in the recent years, and it is necessary to redefine the concept of development in every country under a framework which responds to the current and future needs of that na More

Introduction: The importance of the global movement towards sustainable development has increased in the recent years, and it is necessary to redefine the concept of development in every country under a framework which responds to the current and future needs of that nation. Therefore, the aim of this research is to prioritize three strategic infrastructures of the national electricity distribution network, water supply network and fossil fuel distribution network within a specific practical framework. Materials and Methods: This research used the comprehensive multi-criteria decision-making method of the analytical hierarchy process which is based on the experiences gained in the design, implementation and operation of strategic infrastructures with a survey from 12 experts. Mentioned infrastructures have prioritized according to four economic, social, environmental and technical criteria along with 10 sub-criteria layers of investment and construction cost, maintenance cost, job creation, acceptance and public participation rate, water, soil and air pollution, final quality, technical efficiency and training of expert staff. Results and Discussion: The results showed that in examining the dimensions of sustainable development, the environmental criterion with a weight of 0.30 has the highest priority, followed by the technical criterion with a weight of 0.24. Social and economic criteria were ranked next with weights of 0.224 and 0.223 respectively. Also, the fuel distribution network with a weight of 0.026 had the highest importance in the sustainable development of infrastructure. The second priority was the nationwide electricity distribution network with a weight of 0.0252, and the third priority was the water supply network with a weight of 0.0251. Further, the weight of the alternatives for prioritizing the strategic target infrastructures based on the main criteria showed that the water supply network had the highest priority in economic and environmental criteria with weights of 0.27 and 0.34 respectively. In the social criterion, the nationwide electricity distribution network has the highest priority with a weight of 0.26, and in the technical criterion, the fuel network has the highest priority with a weight of 0.33. Conclusion: Iran with high dependency on fossil energy in its infrastructure demands planning for sustainable development in the processes of exploration, extraction, refining and transportation network of fossil fuels. Then the electricity network of the country requires fundamental changes in the electricity supply system and convergence with innovative technologies. In the third step, because of the water crisis, Iran needs to introduce novel technologies into its infrastructure to achieve higher efficiency. Manuscript profile

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2 - Ecological capability assessment to determine areas suitable for development in the range of the Rayen, the city of Kerman, based on ecotourism zoning by GIS and AHP
Farideh Asadian Majid Asadi Marjan Javadian Namini

Eco-tourism (ecological tourism) is naturally close relationship with the environment, Theenvironmental assessment be done properly if it leads to the development of rural areas of thecity. Environmental protection strategy, especially in less developed regions where th More

Eco-tourism (ecological tourism) is naturally close relationship with the environment, Theenvironmental assessment be done properly if it leads to the development of rural areas of thecity. Environmental protection strategy, especially in less developed regions where thedevelopment could be based on tourism, is more important. Rhine historical and tourist city inKerman Province in the mountain range that has thousands of good weather and the potentialfor eco-tourism (ecological tourism), which is examined in this study. Applied research anddevelopment research method is descriptive. The main objective of this study was to evaluatethe ecological zoning for the development of ecotourism based on GIS and AHP inidentifying the rural town of Rhine is examined. After weighting variables AHP hierarchywere using GIS to overlay zoning, resulting in the development of eco-tourism for the regionRhine in three separate classification was developed 3/27% Rayen area on the first floorprioritized for development User tourist 7/6% second priority area, which if necessary can beused to develop tourism. Also, 66% of the Rayen area of tourism, ecological tourism in thearea is poor management and political strategies that contribute to the development of theRayen. Manuscript profile

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3 - Identifying and prioritizing factors affecting the use of digital promotion tools by farmers (a case study of Kohgilouye province and Boyer Ahmed)
mohsen mousaei Akbar Zakinegad

The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize factors affecting the use of digital promotion tools by farmers. The research in terms of division based on the purpose is considred as a developmental research; In terms of classification based on the method o More

The purpose of this research was to identify and prioritize factors affecting the use of digital promotion tools by farmers. The research in terms of division based on the purpose is considred as a developmental research; In terms of classification based on the method of data collection can be categorized as a descriptive-survey research; And in terms of the type of data, it is a mixed qualitative and quantitative research.The statistical population of the research consists of professors, agricultural experts and leading farmers who have enough experience in the field of digital agriculture. The analysis method in the qualitative part is the Delphi method and in the quantitative part the analytic hierarchy prosses (AHP) is used to rank the known factors. The results in the qualitative part led to the identification of 6 main factors (economic, individual, educational-extensional, policy making, technical and motivational factors). The ranking results showed that individual factors with weight (0.267) in the first place, educational-promotional factors with weight (0.256) in second place, technical and technological factors with weight (0.187) in third place, motivational factor with weight (0.131) In the fourth place, policy making weight (0.093) is in the fifth place and economic factors with weight (0.065) is in the sixth place. Manuscript profile

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4 - An Analysis of Customer-based Brand Equity in the Field of Agricultural Extension and Education: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach
Mehrdad Niknami

This study aimed to determine the criteria, sub-criteria, and priorities of brand equity (BE) in the agricultural extension and education (AEAE) field at Islamic Azad University. Prioritization and weighting of the BE alternatives of the AEAE field were performed by the More

This study aimed to determine the criteria, sub-criteria, and priorities of brand equity (BE) in the agricultural extension and education (AEAE) field at Islamic Azad University. Prioritization and weighting of the BE alternatives of the AEAE field were performed by the use of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) approaches. Given the fact that we targeted customer-based brand equity (CBBE), 28 Ph.D. students with higher knowledge and understanding in the field of AEAE were selected from the Islamic Azad University of Iran using purposive sampling. A questionnaire based on the 1-9 Saati scale was considered our main research tool. The outputs of the sub-criteria priorities based on the weights derived from the Expert Choice and Super Decision software were used to compare the results obtained from the AHP and ANP approaches for the BE in the AEAE field. The results of this study can be utilized by managers and marketers of higher education in the field of agriculture and specifically in (AEAE). Manuscript profile

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5 - Evaluation of Behavioral Biases Affecting Investors’ Decision-Making by Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
Hossein Jamali Masoud Bakhtiari

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate behavioral biases affecting investors’ decision-making by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. This research is a case study in terms of data collection and it is descriptive-explorative in methodology. Regarding purpos More

The purpose of the present study is to evaluate behavioral biases affecting investors’ decision-making by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process. This research is a case study in terms of data collection and it is descriptive-explorative in methodology. Regarding purpose, this study is classified in the group of applied research. The statistical population included all the active clients (around 300) of Yasouj stock exchange firm. The sample size was calculated to be 168 by Cochran formula. In this research, a snowball sampling method was used and data collection tools were Delphi and pairwise comparison questionnaires. For data analysis, multi-criteria decision-making techniques such as fuzzy-AHP were used. The research data were analyzed by Super Decision software. Prioritization of behavioral biases affecting investor’ decisions showed that overconfidence bias (0.235) is in the 1st level, aversion bias (0.168) is in the 2nd level, and mental accounting bias (0.149) is in the 3rd level. Moreover, availability bias (0.119) is in the 4th level, agency bias (0/108) is in the 5th level, regret bias (0.095) is in the 6th level, anchoring bias (0.073) is in the 7th level and finally, herding bias (0.054) is in the 8th level. Manuscript profile

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6 - Identification of the prone lands for wood farming by Eucalyptus in Khuzestan province using Fuzzy AHP
Saeedeh Eskandari Sajad Ali Mahmoudi Samira Zandifar

10.30495/girs.2020.672374

Regarding stop industrial forests exploitation in northern Iran, this study was conducted to determine the suitable areas for wood farming by Eucalyptus in Khuzestan province using Fuzzy AHP and GIS. The indices used were included four main indices, water resources, lan More

Regarding stop industrial forests exploitation in northern Iran, this study was conducted to determine the suitable areas for wood farming by Eucalyptus in Khuzestan province using Fuzzy AHP and GIS. The indices used were included four main indices, water resources, land use, climate and soil and 22 related sub-indices (Soil texture, soil depth, soil salinity, soil acidity, distance from the river, water volume, surface water salinity, groundwater depth, groundwater salinity, mean annual temperature, mean minimum annual temperature, mean maximum annual temperature, minimum absolute temperature, maximum absolute temperature, mean annual rainfall, mean annual relative humidity, mean annual wind speed, shrublands around the rivers, sandy hills, Jihad Nasr lands, empty lands around the Jihad Nasr channels, empty lands around the water resources). Maps of these factors were prepared using Google Earth satellite imagery (from summer of 2017 to 2019), ground sampling (September of 2019) and available data. Eucalyptus cultivation map in Khuzestan province was also prepared from Khuzestan Natural Resources Administration and ground sampling by GPS in September of 2019. The land use map was prepared by the digitization of land use/cover using Google Earth satellite imagery from summer of 2017 to 2019. Accuracy of land use map was evaluated by 60 ground control points. The weight of effective indices in Eucalyptus wood farming potential was calculated using Fuzzy AHP. For this purpose, 30 expert questionnaires (30 expert judgments) were distributed among the scientific and operating experts of wood farming to express the importance and priority of effective factors in wood farming. Then, the mean questionnaire was obtained and it was analysed by Chang triangular fuzzy extent analysis. Based on this method, the normal weights of the indices and sub-indices were calculated using Fuzzy AHP method. Using the linear weighted combination of effective sub-indices, maps of the main indices and then a map of Eucalyptus wood farming potential was prepared. Finally, the wood farming potential map was validated by Eucalyptus cultivation map and its accuracy was evaluated in identifying the suitable areas for Eucalyptus wood farming in Khuzestan province. The results showed that among the main indices, water resources and land use had the most importance in the determination of the prone lands for Eucalyptus farming in Khuzestan province based on the Fuzzy AHP. According to the results, 12.83% of the area had very good potential and 10.47% of the area had good potential for Eucalyptus farming.  The results of the accuracy assessment of wood farming potential map also showed that Fuzzy AHP with overall accuracy 82% had good accuracy in identification of the prone areas for wood farming in Khuzestan province. Manuscript profile

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7 - The Zoning of Earthquake risk by using fuzzy inference system and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process
Kazem Rangzan Mostafa Kaboulizade Ebrahim Mansour Naeimi

The present research was performed with the aim of microzonation risk of earthquake using fuzzy inference system model and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in district 1 of Ahvaz Municipality. In this study 19 criteria (population, land use, building density, occupancy More

The present research was performed with the aim of microzonation risk of earthquake using fuzzy inference system model and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in district 1 of Ahvaz Municipality. In this study 19 criteria (population, land use, building density, occupancy level, historical background, floors, structures, distance from health centers, outdoor fireplaces and military facilities, proximity to faults, electrical, subway, high-pressure gas and petrol stations) were selected and converted into raster format in ArcGIS®10.1 environment to generate the standard layers. Linguistic variables limitation and fuzzy membership functions were then written using MATLAB program. The results indicated that,  the fuzzy inference system has better performance than  fuzzy analytic hierarch process model. In addition, based on the results of the fuzzy inference system, existence of areas with a very high, high, and a medium rate of risk showed 60% (4.48 Km2) of total area (7.6 Km2). This indicated the existence of the medium up to a high rate of risk in mentioned district. Furthermore the area with low and very low rate of risk was 40% of area (3.12 Km2) which is  mostly consisted of arid lands and farms in the west and southwest of the district. Manuscript profile

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8 - Flood hazard potential zonation of Baghan watershed using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method (FAHP)
Nematollah Nasrinnejad Kazem Rangzan Nasrollah Kalantari Azim Saberi

The aim of this research is flooded hazard potential zonation of Baghan watershed using geographic information system (GIS) and Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method (FAHP). After identifying effective factors in flood hazard (slope, digital elevation model, permeabil More

The aim of this research is flooded hazard potential zonation of Baghan watershed using geographic information system (GIS) and Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process method (FAHP). After identifying effective factors in flood hazard (slope, digital elevation model, permeability, lithology, infiltration, land use, vegetation cover density, precipitation, network drainage density, distance from the stream), criteria and subcriteria weight were calculated using pairwise comparisons and experts' comments as well as FAHP. Watershed flood hazard potential was zoned and finally, the watershed was categorized into five classes based on flood hazard risk using a fuzzy gamma operator. The results of flood hazard risk zonation indicate that classes 1, 2 and 3 are generally located in mountainous areas and include about 22% (203 km2) of the region and so it can be concluded that, the 22% part of runoff yield, watershed management projects in this region are in priority. Classes 4 and 5 have less flood hazard potential in comparison to class 1, 2 and 3 and are located in slopes and taluses in mountainous areas and cover about 78% (706 km2) of the region. Manuscript profile

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9 - Application of group analytic hierarchy process (GAHP) method in ranking the factors affecting the formation of organizational networks in order to provide more appropriate services of citizens
saeid khayatmoghadam

10.30495/ccd.2022.690305

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10 - Introducing a Framework for Measuring the Performance of Food Supply Chain by an Integrated BSC and FAHP Approach
Alireza Peykam Hamid Shahbandarzadeh Ali Raghibzadeh

In today's world due to the advantages of the supply chain for organizations, the majority of organizations have joined the supply chain. On the other hand, Performance Assessment is an essential element for the development of modern organizations. Because of joining th More

In today's world due to the advantages of the supply chain for organizations, the majority of organizations have joined the supply chain. On the other hand, Performance Assessment is an essential element for the development of modern organizations. Because of joining the organizations to supply chain, organizations performance linked together along the supply chain and the measure of an organization's performance rate alone doesn’t indicate the performance of the supply chain. For this reason, in this study, we tried to review the previous literature and present a Comprehensive conceptual model of supply chain performance indicators in the balanced scorecard model. Then, BY using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, the measured weights Model of Balanced Scorecard in the food industry were calculated. After getting feedback from some professionals in the supply chain and doing the calculation, it has been found that the customer perspective is most important and internal process, financial and learning and growth perspective in the supply chain performance importance, respectively. The quality of the food supply chain performance metrics is also the most important indicator and efficiency, competitiveness and reliability indicators are important, respectively.   Manuscript profile

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11 - The Effect of the Content of the Structural Aspects in the Design of the Organizational Structure of Tejarat bank Using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
Davod Khosroanjom Ameneh Khadivar Shaghaygh Tavakoli

Due to continuous changes in business environment, constraints in achieving profit, and severe competition among banks and credit and financial institutions, there is an increasing need for congruity between goals, strategies, and structures. From structure designing vi More

Due to continuous changes in business environment, constraints in achieving profit, and severe competition among banks and credit and financial institutions, there is an increasing need for congruity between goals, strategies, and structures. From structure designing viewpoint, therefore, the proper channel must be provided for harmony and Standardization of structures with organization’s environment and strategies. This study is set out to analyze organization’s structural aspects using FAHP and examines the effect of substantive aspects including strategies, environment, and technology on structural aspects. Due to severalty in indexes and complexity in decisions, FAHP method is used. Results show that concentration is the most important factor in designing organizational structures and formality is the least important one. We also concluded that environment index is the most important factor. Manuscript profile

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12 - Extending Fuzzy AHP Models for Evaluating Dimensions of IT Capability and Data Quality
Davod Khosroanjom Ali Asghar Anvary Rostamy Rasoul Chawshini Masoud Ahmadzade

Identifying appropriate decision-making methods shapes one of major concern of Information technology managers. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) can be a good option in this field. Developing FAHP model, in this research 2 Information technology management capa More

Identifying appropriate decision-making methods shapes one of major concern of Information technology managers. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) can be a good option in this field. Developing FAHP model, in this research 2 Information technology management capability criterion options is evaluated and reported, including information technology capabilities and Data quality. In this study Polling Expert opinion on options and criteria weights, shapes inputs of the model. According to obtained results, Fuzzy AHP is applicable in such decisions and is an appropriate apparatus. Findings indicate that human resource is the most important organizational information technology capability. Also, intrinsic criteria of data are the most critical dimension of Data quality.   Manuscript profile

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13 - Landfill Location construction waste Yazd using Analytical Hierarchy Methods
Javad Ghanei Ardakani Seyyed Abolfazl Kashfi

The growth of urban population, thus continuing the upward trend in production and waste discharge into the environment, humans and the environment surrounding the multiple problems stems. Including concern due to the increasing population and development in the city, a More

The growth of urban population, thus continuing the upward trend in production and waste discharge into the environment, humans and the environment surrounding the multiple problems stems. Including concern due to the increasing population and development in the city, a certain type of proper management of waste, construction waste and reducing pollution caused by it is the environmental. Hence the proper management of construction waste, locating the perfect place for burial in landfill construction will be necessary. Determine the location of the tomb optimal health and favorable requirements engineering methods and processes that optimize the performance of each of them affect the final result. the natural environment surrounding landfill is investigated. Despite multiple parameters in the landfill, better managing time, cost and complexity of design, powerful tools of GIS have been used. By collecting and combining data layers required to determine suitable areas for construction waste landfill Yazd hierarchical analysis method was used. Information relevant weighting of each layer and the substrate and the final map using layers of privacy, forbidden zones removed. 4 The final map of area was perfectly fit in the category. Due to the impact of the prevailing wind direction is ultimately the best place for landfill was diagnosed two regions. Manuscript profile

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14 - An investigation of entrepreneurial tendencies of male and female students of physical education: Developing a model for measuring entrepreneurial tendency
neda Kiani Mavi Reza Kiani Mavi

Entrepreneurship can result in economical developments and can be considered as a substitution for conventional work culture. In this paper, entrepreneurial tendency is investigated. To this end, a comprehensive model of entrepreneurship is utilized. The questionnaires More

Entrepreneurship can result in economical developments and can be considered as a substitution for conventional work culture. In this paper, entrepreneurial tendency is investigated. To this end, a comprehensive model of entrepreneurship is utilized. The questionnaires were distributed among 49 male and 42 female students of physical education. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 18. The results show that there is a significant difference between male and female students in terms of drive and energy, independency, risk taking and creativity attributes. However, no significant difference between them for the need for achievement attribute was found. In general, the findings show that entrepreneurial tendency of male students is higher than female students. In this paper, the weights of these attributes are obtained by fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) and a mathematical equation is developed for forecasting entrepreneurial tendency. The results of FAHP depicted ranking of entrepreneurial tendency attributes as: drive and energy, risk taking, creativity, independency and need for achievement.  �[ � ��?��شجویان پسر رشته تربیتبدنی توزیع شد. دادههای حاصل با نرم افزار SPSS 18 تجزیه و تحلیل شدند. نتایج تحقیق نشان میدهند که بین تمایل کارآفرینانه در دانشجویان دختر و پسر از نظر ویژگیهای عزم و اراده، استقلالطلبی، ریسکپذیری و خلاقیت تفاوت معناداری وجود دارد ولی این دو گروه دانشجویان از نظر توفیقطلبی تفاوت معناداری باهم ندارند. در کل نتایج تحقیق حاکی از آن است که تمایل کارآفرینانه در دانشجویان پسر رشته تربیتبدنی بیشتر از تمایل کارآفرینانه دانشجویان دختر این رشته میباشد. همچنین در این مطالعه، با استفاده از روش فرآیند تحلیل سلسله مراتبی فازی، وزن این ویژگیها محاسبه شد و یک معادله ریاضی برای پیشبینی میزان تمایل کار آفرینانه دانشجویان ارائه گردید. نتایج فرآیند تحلیل سلسله مراتبی فازی نشان میدهد که مهمترین ویژگیهای کارآفرینانه به ترتیب عزم و اراده، ریسکپذیری، خلاقیت، استقلالطلبی و توفیقطلبی میباشند.    Manuscript profile

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15 - Research on Using FANP to Establish a Performance Assessment Model for Business Intelligence Systems
Jalal Haghighat Monfared Azadeh Rezaei

In today’s fast expanding business climate, the need for useful business information seems to be vital not only for achieving success but also for the survival of an organization. Considering the failure of management information systems (MIS) in satisfying the re More

In today’s fast expanding business climate, the need for useful business information seems to be vital not only for achieving success but also for the survival of an organization. Considering the failure of management information systems (MIS) in satisfying the requirements of organizational decision makers on the competition issues during recent years, the art-like technologies such as business intelligence have become one of the major concepts of management information systems, and by mixing with the culture of advanced organizations, are playing an important role at the frontline of information technology for supporting management decision making. In this article an attempt has been made, with the identification  and introduction of the most important factors and parameters affecting the performance of a business intelligence system, to present a model for the measurement of a business intelligence performance (within the framework of a case study in a software production organization ). Taking into consideration the lack of independence and the existence of the relationship between effective factors, the method of Fuzzy Analytic Network Process was used for identifying the possible relationship between the factors as well as measuring them for the development of an evaluating model. In the conclusion, the results gained have been compared with the methods of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Non-Fuzzy Analytic Network Process.   Manuscript profile

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16 - Entitlement levels of health services in townships of Khuzestan province, using Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process techniques (Fuzzy AHP)
Saeed Amanpour Sahar Hassanpour

Today, health care as one of the factors contributing to the development of the society is known. If the vital health services are not distributed equally, the utility would not be created for all residents and this is a weakness that makes it difficult for the process More

Today, health care as one of the factors contributing to the development of the society is known. If the vital health services are not distributed equally, the utility would not be created for all residents and this is a weakness that makes it difficult for the process of achieving sustainable development. In Khuzestan province this has also been observed that health services have tended to concentrate in the city of Ahwaz, and some municipalities of the province have been neglected with regards of health services distribution. Therefore, this study aimed to examine and analyze the indexes of health services in Khuzestan province. Strategy Research, functional and descriptive and analytical methods have been used  to gather the required information, the library method was used as well. To analyze the data, the coefficient of dispersion (CV), T- test and model Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (Fuzzy AHP) were used. The methods of the health status of Khuzestan province by 20 indicators was examined. To do better calculations excel and spss software were used. Hierarchical process model, a model of Multi Attribute Decision Making (MCDM0 was used in which the performance has been confirmed in uncertainty. The model calculations showed that the city of Ahvaz getting 2/302 Score, was the most enjoyed city in Khuzestan province. In ratings the second and the third it was found that , Respectively Abadan (0/474) and Dezful (0/326), along with other  cities in this province are in a state of denial instead. The standard minimum weight calculations showed that the city of Ahvaz and other cities of the province to provide health services to their inhabitants have not been successful. Dispersion calculations showed that the distribution of services in Khuzestan province is willing to be focused. T- test showed that both in towns and in the villages, there is no distribution of health service coordination. It was concluded that in relation to the distribution of health services in Khuzestan province, there are structural and functional weaknesses and distribution of health services are not subject to the principles of sustainable development.   Manuscript profile

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17 - Optimal site selection of educational space in urban areas using FDAHP and Cut Fill function A Case study: Schools of district 6th in Ahvaz city
Ali Shojaian Hadi Alizadeh Seyedeh Narges Naghibi Rokni

       Today, the finding organizations and the optimal organization of space in cities is a major aim in order to create sustainable development for cities. In the meantime, location and optimal establishment activities as well as the prop More

       Today, the finding organizations and the optimal organization of space in cities is a major aim in order to create sustainable development for cities. In the meantime, location and optimal establishment activities as well as the proportional distribution in cities and towns are highly effective in achieving optimal physical arrangement. The research method deployed is a descriptive - analytic one that has been carried out in order to perform optimal site selection of educational space in urban areas, with emphasis on locating schools in 6th area of Ahvaz. To achieve the above objective and analysis of information obtained, Fuzzy Delphi AHP (FDAHP) and Cut Fill functions are used. To locate the optimal place Arc GIS software is used for prioritization of urban land uses in proximity to schools. In this research the feedback information (Comments) of 15 experts have been obtained and analyzed. The results show that, according to weights obtained from Fuzzy Delphi Analytic Hierarchy Process (FDAPH), residential land use is a top priority for the schools neighborhood. Manuscript profile

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18 - Locality Evaluation of Urban Waste Landfill (Case Study: Andika Township)
Ali mohamad emami

Abstract One of the serious, potential and growing problems in many urban areas, especially in developing countries, is the management of waste and the selection of suitable sites for its disposal and burial. This issue is very important for our country, and especially More

Abstract One of the serious, potential and growing problems in many urban areas, especially in developing countries, is the management of waste and the selection of suitable sites for its disposal and burial. This issue is very important for our country, and especially the Andika, due to issues and constraints, and most importantly the challenge of quantity and quality of water. Therefore, in this study, suitable locations for dumping landfills in the Andika city using the integration of GIS spatial knowledge and multi criteria decision analysis on hydrological factors, human factors and accessibility, geomorphology, geology and ecology were extracted and introduced. For this purpose, 15 layers of input map were prepared and analyzed in GIS environment. Effective factors were weighed, limitations were applied and places with high, moderate and low proportions in the Andika township were extracted and suggested. Manuscript profile

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19 - The Effective Factors on the Development of Agro-Tourism (Case Study: Mahalat County)
Aliakbar Anabestani Kebriya Moradi

Due to the umbrella-like nature of tourism industry, it has various types and is divided to different parts that agricultural tourism is one of its subsets. One of the most crucial factors of planning and development of tourism is the recognition of effective factors on More

Due to the umbrella-like nature of tourism industry, it has various types and is divided to different parts that agricultural tourism is one of its subsets. One of the most crucial factors of planning and development of tourism is the recognition of effective factors on its development. Mahalat County enjoys many potentialities in agritourist due to having scenic and exotic agricultural attractions particularly farms and gardens growing plants and flowers. Therefore, planning and development of plants and flowers of this province needs attention to various effective aspects on development of this type of tourism one of which is effective factors on development of agricultural tourism. In line with this matter, the aim of the present study is recognizing the effective factors on the development of agricultural tourism of Mahalat County. The study is descriptive-analytic and it is a practical study regarding its aim. The sample of the study consists of the officials and intellects in tourism field in Mahalt County. Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) was used for the data analysis. The findings of the research indicate that social-cultural factors with an index of (%768) are the most influential factors on the development of agricultural tourism. From this perspective, agricultural pivot with the effect index of (%768), culturing with effect index of (%768), and advertisement with the effect index of (%768) have the most roles in the development of agricultural tourism in Mahalat County. Manuscript profile

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20 - Identifying and Prioritizing the Challenges of Organic Farming Development Among Farmers in Lorestan Province
Jahanbakhsh Beiranvand Ahmad Reza Ommani Azadeh N. Noorivandi Mohammad Reza Ardakani

The purpose of this research is qualitative analysis and prioritize the challenges of organic farming development in Lorestan province, Iran. This research has been conducted from February to December 2022 to provide a comprehensive, and practical model to understand th More

The purpose of this research is qualitative analysis and prioritize the challenges of organic farming development in Lorestan province, Iran. This research has been conducted from February to December 2022 to provide a comprehensive, and practical model to understand the challenges through grounded theory and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Lorestan province. The data were collected by performing in-depth semi-structured interviews with the 32 agricultural experts in this field. To measure the validity of this qualitative study, a strategy of triangulation was used and to measure the reliability, constant testing and comparison methods of data and use of tables to record data were used. Data analysis was done by using MAXQDA12 in three steps: open coding, axial coding, and selective coding. The results of this study by grounded theory identified 29 initial codes and seven main following challenges were categorized and by AHP prioritized: lack of technical knowledge, skills and motivation in the field of organic production, weakness in the information and advertising network in the field of organic consumption, weakness in management and human resources of organic training courses, lack of financial resources and credits for organic training courses, structural and content weakness of organic training courses, weakness of modern research regarding organic agriculture and lack of awareness of the relative advantage of organic agriculture. Manuscript profile

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21 - Ecological Potential Modeling for Agricultural and Rangeland Development Using GIS-based FAHP Approach: A Case Study of Razin Watershed
Saeed Mahmoudi Mahmud Khoramivafa Moslem Hadidi

10.30495/rs.2023.687715

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22 - Land Suitability for soybean cultivation based on physiographic indices Case Study: Golestan province
Afrough Sadat BaniaghiL Ali Rahemi Karizaki Abbas Biabani Hsan Faramarzi

The rapidly growing world population places considerable pressure on increasingly scarce natural resources, spurring the need to develop more efficient and sustainable agricultural production systems to feed these growing populations. this study to evaluate the agricult More

The rapidly growing world population places considerable pressure on increasingly scarce natural resources, spurring the need to develop more efficient and sustainable agricultural production systems to feed these growing populations. this study to evaluate the agricultural lands in Golestan province for soybeans, using Geographic Information System (GIS) and weighted linear method (WLC) was performed. For this purpose, the needs of the crop and environmental variable factors were determined and graded and according to current elements prepared required map. Studied Physiographic variables were consisted of slope, aspect, elevation and the soil texture. Data were standardized by fuzzy method, and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used for weighting the criteria. Finally, soybean cultivation potential map were prepared with using weighted linear combination (WLC) in the software IDRISI The results showed the highest amount weighty criteria by the Analytic Hierarchy Process in the soybean soil texture (0.5228) and elevation whit (0.0765) had the lowest coefficient in the rankings. Then zoning of lands carried out in 4 classes (high suitable, suitable, less suitable and non-suitable Generally results of the weighted linear combination of Physiographic showed that 11.08 and 37.60 percent of the lands for soybean production areas were located in high suitable and suitable zones. In addition, limiting factor of the soybean cultivation in the Golestan province can be cited soil texture. Manuscript profile

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23 - Application and Comparison of Simple Additive Weighting method, Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Support Vector Machine in identifying the internal and external factors in SWOT’s analysis
Ali HaeriaAn Ardekani Hamidreza Koosha fatemeh mirsaeedi

All organizations, must determine their future path; in other words, they must understand where they stand and where they are heading to. Strategic management is one of the most recognized management approaches for this purpose. One of the most important steps in strate More

All organizations, must determine their future path; in other words, they must understand where they stand and where they are heading to. Strategic management is one of the most recognized management approaches for this purpose. One of the most important steps in strategic management is recognizing organization’s internal and external factors. If these factors are recognized correctly, they can be used to establish correct and optimal strategies. So far, few researchers have used exact methods for identifying and prioritizing internal and external factors. In this article, we try to use multi criteria (Sample Additive Weighting and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process techniques) and data mining (support vector machine) for reorganization of internal and external factors. The case study in this research is Water and Sewerage Company of Mashhad. First, organization’s internal and external factors are identified and classified by organization’s higher managers and experts. For applying Sample Additive Weighting and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process, first, the criteria according to internal and external factor’s definition are determined and criteria’s weights are identified  by Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process also Sample Additive Weighting. Then, by using these weights, the values for all factors are calculated and classified. Using these criteria (attributes) and WEKA software, after data preprocess, factors classified by Support Vector Machine that is one of the most accurate data mining approaches. The results show Support Vector Machine prediction more accurately compared to other techniques. Manuscript profile

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24 - Ranking Bank Branches with Interval Data By IAHP and TOPSIS
Tayebeh Rezaeitaziania Mahnaz Barkhordariahmadi

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