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1 - Ranking indicators of good governance in effective organizations (Case Study: branches of Refah bank in Qazvin Province)
Seyede Atefeh Yeganegi Seyyed Mehdi Alvani Gholamreza memarzadeh

Good governance is an emerging issue that has gained much attention in scientific and international societies during two recent decades. Some indices have been proposed for realization of good governance. Obviously, these indices differ regarding their weight and import More

Good governance is an emerging issue that has gained much attention in scientific and international societies during two recent decades. Some indices have been proposed for realization of good governance. Obviously, these indices differ regarding their weight and importance for achieving ideal governance. The main question of the present study is to find out the importance and priority of each index in obtaining efficiency of units and organizations. Through a field survey, it was tried in the present research to study the indices of good governance in depth, to identify the efficient units using data envelopment analysis (DEA), and finally to prioritize the indices based on analytical hierarchy process (AHP). Statistical population includes the employees (n=41) of efficient branches of Refah Bank in Qazvin province The results obtained in this study indicated that out of six indices proposed for good governance, accountability has the highest priority; followed by rule of law and valuism. Manuscript profile

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2 - prioritize optimal strategies for amozesh cannel via AHP(analytical hierarchy process).
طاهر روشندل اربطانی وحید خاشعی youseph norouzgendeshmin

the aim of this study is to prioritize optimal strategies for Amoozesh cannel via AHP(analytical hierarchy process). the questions of present study are: what are the optimal strategies that help Amoozesh cannel to achieve its long-term goals? how are the priorities of c More

the aim of this study is to prioritize optimal strategies for Amoozesh cannel via AHP(analytical hierarchy process). the questions of present study are: what are the optimal strategies that help Amoozesh cannel to achieve its long-term goals? how are the priorities of compiled strategies of various stages of Amoozesh cannel? in this study research type is applied and research method type is a composing of qualitative and quantitative. to complete available data Delphi questionnaire and matrix questionnaire were used. in the present study at first strategies and goals of Amoozesh cannel according to viewpoints of experts were identified and then strategies were prioritized based on their viewpoints. the results showed that the scale of incompatibility in all items was lower than IR0.1 so compatibility of answers was confirmed.based on viewpoints of experts, becoming one of the most creditable references of training in the country and meeting the various demand of addressees by verifying the forms of programs, with score of 0.457 as a goal and researching and assessing the training contexts and needs of addressees and meeting the most fundamental training needs of addressees and society with score of 0.290 as a strategy in comparison with other goals and strategies are more important in success of Amoozesh cannel. finally 4 strategies between 8 strategies were selected as optimal strategies. Manuscript profile

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3 - Introduction of a model for quality of life evaluation the city centers.
Afshin kokabi

This article aims to evaluate quality of life in urban centers according to a case study on khorramabad city center. In order to do so and according to cultural and social situations of khorram abad city center, some criteria (economic, social, physical ana infrastructu More

This article aims to evaluate quality of life in urban centers according to a case study on khorramabad city center. In order to do so and according to cultural and social situations of khorram abad city center, some criteria (economic, social, physical ana infrastructural, aesthetic, environmental etc.) are selected to evaluate quality of life in the field of research. Results are processed using “analytical hierarchy process” method to prioritise criteria and sub-indicators and to determine this city centers status in the hierarchy of urban city centers. Generaly this research seeks to provide a simple, dynamic, tolerant and systematic matrix to measure quality of life in city centers with different charasteristics. Findings of this research suggest quality of life in khorramabads city center as one in the low rank of hierarchy Manuscript profile

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4 - Semantic Factors: Students’ Sense of Belonging to Outdoor School Spaces
Bahar Mohammadian Abdul-Hamid Ghanbaran Ali Sharghi

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5 - A Method for AHP Fuzzy by Applying "Zade" Extension Principle
mohammad ali jahantighi reza kargar

The hierarchy analysis process is one of the most comprehensive systems designed for decision making with multiple criteria, since this technique provides the possibility of formulating the problem in a hierarchical manner, as well as the possibility of considering diff More

The hierarchy analysis process is one of the most comprehensive systems designed for decision making with multiple criteria, since this technique provides the possibility of formulating the problem in a hierarchical manner, as well as the possibility of considering different quantitative and qualitative criteria. The process involves various options in decision making and the ability to analyze the sensitivity of the criteria and sub-criteria. In addition, it is based on a paired comparison that facilitates judgment and computation. This model starts with the identification and prioritization of decision elements. These elements include goals, criteria and possible options, the process of identifying these elements and the relationship between them ultimately leads to the creation of a hierarchical structure. But in many cases, some or all of the data are fuzzy decision making, so it is necessary to consider uncertainty in such a decision model in the decision model. This article tries to take a fresh look at the issue of fuzzy hierarchy analysis. This view is influenced by the flaws in the fuzzy methods and group decision-making methods such as Delphi. Manuscript profile

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6 - Prioritizing Brand Equity Methods from Customers’ Perspective for Finance Industry
سمیه یوسفی دارستانی امیرعباس نجفی مصطفی ستاک

Brand equity assessment serves as an important measurement of strategic value for internal use as well as for a number of external stakeholders. While there are a number of methods and models available for brand equity assessment, it is still uncertain which approach is More

Brand equity assessment serves as an important measurement of strategic value for internal use as well as for a number of external stakeholders. While there are a number of methods and models available for brand equity assessment, it is still uncertain which approach is best. Yet, almost no research exists that has empirically prioritized the existing brand equity methods from the perspective of different stakeholders. In this paper a model is developed for prioritizing brand equity methodologies from the viewpoint of customers as a stakeholder of brand equity. The criteria of this process are the expectations of customers including quality, reputation, and benefit according to Jones brand equity stakeholder model. The priority of these criteria sets via a structured questionnaire filled by customers. Then the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) incorporates to prioritize brand equity methodologies versus these criteria. The empirical findings of this study indicate that the more a method evaluates the benefit, the more it is relevant for measuring brand equity. Among brand equity methods evaluated in this study, Keller’s customer-based brand equity model gained the highest weight regarding taking benefit into consideration and was selected as the best method to evaluate brands from the customers’ perspective in finance industry. This study set out to prioritize the brand valuation pool to help practitioners and academics in assessing the alternative techniques and selecting the most relevant one for customers. Manuscript profile

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7 - Recognizing and Ranking Consumers' Purchasing Criteria for Mid-Range Priced Passenger Cars in Tehran, Using Fuzzy AHP
M. A. Abdolvand S. Fereidounfar

Understanding consumers’ needs and purchasing process, is the basis for successful marketing. Recognizing how consumers pass through problem recognition, information gathering, the evaluation of different alternatives purchase decision-making and po More

Understanding consumers’ needs and purchasing process, is the basis for successful marketing. Recognizing how consumers pass through problem recognition, information gathering, the evaluation of different alternatives purchase decision-making and post-purchase behavior are all guidelines for meeting customers needs. On the other hand, knowing the people who are participants in the purchase process and the factors that influence their buying behavior helps marketers offer effective programs for supplying goods and services to the target market. This research has been done to identify the factors that influence the behavior of customers who purchase Iranian passenger cars in order to supply a product which increases their satisfaction increases car companies, market share and the effectiveness of advertisements related to such products. Here, a technique has been presented for ranking purchasing criteria of passenger cars valued at 100-150 million Rials in Tehran, under a fuzzy setting. A methodology is offered based on the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process. This model includes eight main criteria which are Exterior, Interior, Convenience, Performance, Safety and Security, Economic Aspects, Sales and delivery services and After-sales services, their related sub-criteria and ten additional alternatives (Verna Hyundai, Gol, Peugeot 405 Glx, Peugeot 206 SD, Peugeot 206 V20, Peugeot 206 V8, Samand, Samand LX, Peugeot Pars & Kia Rio). The results showed that Safety and security, Performance, Exterior and Convenience are the most important factors for consumers when passenger car models in the 100 to150 million Rials cost range respectively. Manuscript profile

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8 - Prioritizing Brand Equity Methods from Customers’ Perspective for Finance Industry
S. Yousefi Darestani A. A. Najafi M. Setak

Brand equity assessment serves as an important measurement of strategic value for internal use as well as for a number of external stakeholders. While there are a number of methods and models available for brand equity assessment, it is still uncertain which approach is More

Brand equity assessment serves as an important measurement of strategic value for internal use as well as for a number of external stakeholders. While there are a number of methods and models available for brand equity assessment, it is still uncertain which approach is best. Yet, almost no research exists that has empirically prioritized the existing brand equity methods from the perspective of different stakeholders. In this paper a model is developed for prioritizing brand equity methodologies from the viewpoint of customers as a stakeholder of brand equity. The criteria of this process are the expectations of customers including quality, reputation, and benefit according to Jones brand equity stakeholder model. The priority of these criteria sets via a structured questionnaire filled by customers. Then the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) incorporates to prioritize brand equity methodologies versus these criteria. The empirical findings of this study indicate that the more a method evaluates the benefit, the more it is relevant for measuring brand equity. Among brand equity methods evaluated in this study, Keller’s customer-based brand equity model gained the highest weight regarding taking benefit into consideration and was selected as the best method to evaluate brands from the customers’ perspective in finance industry. This study set out to prioritize the brand valuation pool to help practitioners and academics in assessing the alternative techniques and selecting the most relevant one for customers. Manuscript profile

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9 - Land evaluation for ecotourism development based on land use planning rules by using MADM and AHP methods
Mozhdeh MirzaAghaei ساسان بابایی کفاکی Hadi Kiadaliri

Various methods have been suggested for locating areas for ecotourism development by different researchers, which have different strengths and weaknesses according to the conditions of the region. Obviously, using quantitative methods and reducing expert interference in More

Various methods have been suggested for locating areas for ecotourism development by different researchers, which have different strengths and weaknesses according to the conditions of the region. Obviously, using quantitative methods and reducing expert interference in the decision making process and evaluation can provide better results. Therefore, in order to evaluate ecotourism development, a multi attribute evaluation method based on fuzzy logic and hierarchical process (AHP) has been used. For this purpose, one of the northern forest areas of the country that has various capacities in the field of ecotourism, such as the Kelardasht forests, was selected and studied in the region. At first, ecological criteria and indicators were identified and quantitatively and normalized by fuzzy method. Also, the weight of the indices was determined by hierarchical analysis method(AHP) then, using Weighted Linear combination(WLC) method all the information layers were combined and the ecological potential of the area was mapped for ecotourism. The results show that the WLC is the suitable and efficient method for locating recreational areas in the study area. Because the simultaneous use of fuzzy logic and the AHP method for determining the weight of the indices provides one more logical condition for evaluation lands by the WLC method. Meanwhile, in this method. One of the most important results of this study is the effect of forest condition on ecotourism demand. Also, road construction in the region has attracted visitors from the region and has led to an increase in demand for ecotourism. On the other hand, forest and environmental degradation will reduce demand for ecotourism in the area. Manuscript profile

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10 - SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF DEDESERTIFICATION OPTIMUM ALTERNATIVE IN FRAMWORK OF ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (case study in area of Yazd khezr abad)
حسن Ahmadi Gh.R Zehtabian M.H Sadeghi Rooshan

The data gathered from multi criteria decision making methods are usually inapplicableand changing , therefore an important step in applying a multi criteria decision-makingproblem (MADM) Such as Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP),is Sensitivity Analysis onout coming da More

The data gathered from multi criteria decision making methods are usually inapplicableand changing , therefore an important step in applying a multi criteria decision-makingproblem (MADM) Such as Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP),is Sensitivity Analysis onout coming data's .In this essay in order to make sensitivity analysis on criteria ofdecision making and showing the final values of dedesertification solutions it is tried touse triantaphyllou statistics method.Generally in this method . at first sensitivity analysis process was done on criteria andalternatives and after determination of the most sensitive criterion and alternative the newweights of alternative on the basis of the most sensitive criterion and alternative wasreplaced in decision making matrix and calculating weight average of each line ofnormalized ,corrected Matrix, the priority degree or find weight of alternative wasachieved. meanwhile in order to achieve applicable, read and practical results, khezrabadregion in yazd was considered as a typical region in the point of desertification view. theout coming results of applying of sensitivity analysis on the basis of triantaphylloumethod in the khezrabad desert region in order to determine the corrected and find weightof effective criteria and alternative in desertification and dedesertification shows the highability of this model. In a way that after analysis of sensitivity of criteria and alternativeand finding the most sensitive criterion and alternative the priority of criteria did notchange and still the criterion of proportion and adjustment with environment(C1)with themultiple sensitivity of 0.3222 was estimated as the most sensitive criterion which after being normalized the said criterion with the preference degree of 32.6 percent was placedas the first alternative coming to this results indicates the attention of desert managementExperts to the matter of environment and the problems--- in destroying the environment .At the same time the order of alternatives did not change and the livestock grazingcontrol alternative (A4) with the sensitivity multiple of 0.1381 was estimated as the mostsensitive alternative which after calculating the new weight of the most sensitivealternative.the improper land usage Alternative (A2) with the preference degree of 23.45percent style in first place and finally by calculating the final priority order or correctedalternative it was observed that alternative A2 with the preference degree of 22.7 Pct .wasstill in the first place. and at the same time. the order of alternatives was a little changedfrom the previous form as the final priority of livestock grazing control alternative (A4)was replaced with regulating of taking water from under ground sources .(A5) Manuscript profile

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11 - Locating the temporary landscapes in order to improve the quality of the urban living environment
Gh Siami نیلوفر Harivandi تهمینه Kangi

Introduction and aim: The ‘Temporary urban landscapes’, is ascribed to temporary usage of lands and useless spaces in the city which can be used as arena of cultural-social events and also as the occasion of emerging citizen’s behavior. These spaces th More

Introduction and aim: The ‘Temporary urban landscapes’, is ascribed to temporary usage of lands and useless spaces in the city which can be used as arena of cultural-social events and also as the occasion of emerging citizen’s behavior. These spaces that can play important role in enhancing the social correlations, improving the citizen’s behavior and the quality of their living environment. The 8th region of metropolis Mashhad, because of its neighborhood with Razavi Holy Shrine and being important center for holding rites, ethics and rituals at different situations and the move of religious groups(carnival) towards Holy Shrine and also numerous abandoned places have a big potential in planning for locating temporary urban landscapes. Hence this paper’s aim is locating temporary urban landscapes appropriately in 8th region of Mashhad by using AHP, which is based on four standards including, social-cultural, skeletal, performance and availability and 19 substandard. Method: The process of completing this study is done by identifying current situation, defining standards and substandard and using Analytical Hierarchy Process. The data in this research have been collected through using libraries and fieldwork (completing questionnaire by specialists and city experts). Findings:In this research final weight of locating’s standards, is retrieved from the specialists and city expert’s view point. They are obtained as performance standard (0/550), availability standards (0/314), skeletal standards (0/069) and social-cultural standards (0/066). Conclusions:The result showed that north region, include Bahar ST and from Imam Khomeini ST to Imam Khomeini SQ is in the first priority, Kouhsangi and Passenger Terminals is the second priority, Namjou ST and Sento Rd is in the third and finally the south part of region is in the last priority for locating temporary urban landscapes. Manuscript profile

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12 - Evaluation and Complete Ranking of Islamic Azad University Unit Golestan Province with DEA Approach and a New Way of OEP / AHP+
Sima Madadi Masoume Yazdanpanah Maryaki Mohammad Reza Moazami Goudarzi

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13 - Potential assessment of suitable lands for walnut cultivation in Tehran province using fuzzy AHP method
Masoud Soleimani Saeid Hamzeh Ramin Papi

As a highly productive product, walnut plays an important role in the social and economic condition of farmers in various regions across Iran, and there has been a dramatic increase in the area under cultivation of this product in recent years due to its economic return More

As a highly productive product, walnut plays an important role in the social and economic condition of farmers in various regions across Iran, and there has been a dramatic increase in the area under cultivation of this product in recent years due to its economic return. Walnut trees are highly sensitive to the climate conditions. Therefore, before Cultivation of this product, which requires a relatively high initial investment, it is necessary to take certain measures to identify and assess suitable lands for planting walnut trees. Therefore, this study aims to identify and assess suitable lands for planting walnut in the entire of Tehran province that would result in a desirable production efficiency. For this purpose, this study uses climatic parameters (including temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, and wind speed) from 12 synoptic stations within Tehran Province and 8 stations from adjacent provinces for an 11-year statistical period (from 2004 to 2014), topography, and land use for site selection and zoning of suitable regions for cultivation of Persian walnut. First, raster data layers were generated using all the parameters under study. Then, through a review of literature and expert views on physiological properties and growth requirements of walnut, the desirable and undesirable thresholds for its cultivation were determined. Next, analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and a researcher-made questionnaire were used to calculate the effectiveness and priority of each parameter. Furthermore, a fuzzy membership function was used to normalize the data layers. Finally, the final zoning map was prepared and extracted using fuzzy overlay tools in ArcGIS. According to this map, an area of 243882.9562 hectares, equal to 17.82% of the entire area of Tehran Province proved very suitable for cultivation of Persian walnut. Moreover, the findings indicate that the three parameters of temperature, relative humidity, and aspect have a special significance and effect on the growth of walnut trees.     Manuscript profile

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14 - Investigating Capability and Evaluation of Spatial Temporal Variations in Yasuj in Urban Development
Arezoo salamatnia seyed Ali jozi Saeed Malmasi roya nezakati mojgan zaeimdar

10.22034/jest.2021.31370.3968

Sustainable development is a kind of development that responds to the needs of the present generation, without threatening the future generation's capabilities in meeting their needs. So one of the most important steps to achieve sustainable development is to carry out More

Sustainable development is a kind of development that responds to the needs of the present generation, without threatening the future generation's capabilities in meeting their needs. So one of the most important steps to achieve sustainable development is to carry out various environmental studies before implementing any development plan. Background and Purpose: In this study, with the aim of investigating capability and evaluation of spatial temporal variations in Yasuj, efforts have been made to implement weighted Linear Combination Technique in order to predict the capability of the region for urban development. Also satellite images were used to investigate the spatial temporal variation in Yasuj city. Analysis method: In order to investigate the amount of power and evaluation of temporal and spatial variation in urban development, the criteria and sub-criteria were determined based on experts' opinions and previous researches. Then the AHP technique assisted by 30 faculty members and experts was employed to paired comparison dimensions and criteria. After the paired comparison, the information layers were standardized in the Idrisi environment and in the GIS environment. Then the layers were combined to determine the land suitability for Urban development. Afterwards, in order to study the time-shift changes of land use in Yasuj city in the three periods of 1986, 2001, and 2016, Landsat satellite images, TM, ETM + and OLI sensors, which were prepared in the Envi 5.1 software environment, were used. Findings: Based on the land use change trends in the Yasuj area, residential or urban areas have undergone extensive changes that affected environment uses including forests, grassland, agriculture and aquatic structures. The forest, located inside and around the city of Yasuj, provides a lot of ecosystem services for the area, which by city development, these services have been reduced both quantitatively and qualitatively, which should be considered. Discussion and Conclusion: The results of this study can be used as a model for selecting suitable locations for urban development with respect to environmental considerations and results of this work shown that studies based on spatial data, especially on human settlements (due to their inherent nature) can be the basis for accurate planning. Manuscript profile

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15 - Recreational Zone Classification of Hassan Abad Forest Park Using Multi-Criteria Analysis and Model Makhdoom
Parvin Dashti Iraj Hassanzad Navroodi مهرداد خان محمدی Jahedeh Tekiekhah

10.22034/jest.2018.22606.3166

Background and Objective: Recreation use assessment is considered as an important tool for sustainable tourism development and also ecotourism management development causes local economic growth and biodiversity conservation&lrm;.The main objective of this study is to i More

Background and Objective: Recreation use assessment is considered as an important tool for sustainable tourism development and also ecotourism management development causes local economic growth and biodiversity conservation&lrm;.The main objective of this study is to identify and prioritize the potential ecotourism site in Hassanabad forest park. Method: Analysis system Makhdoom and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) combined with Geographic Information System (GIS) was used. In AHP method after identification effective factors on recreational potential, a matrix is formed and factors were compared by the experts in the form of questionnaire. Next factors were weighed and ranked the regions for recreational potential. In Makhdoom method after identifying ecological sources, the data were collected and analyzed to ecological homogenous units. Finally the map of final resorting capacity was provided by comparing ecological traits of each unit with Makhdoom tourism ecological model. Eventually maps obtained by the two methods in GIS were overlapped. Findings: Results of AHP model showed that the total area of the park (434/6 ha) has recreational potential of medium to high class. This area has no zone with very low recreational potential. In makhdoom method, this area includes all of recreational classes except concentrated recreational potential zone of first class.   Discussion and Conclusion: In both methods, the recreational potential classes have 50% overlapping. Since after applying two methods, the park has no inappropriate zones for tourism, this area is suitable for the development of ecotourism plans. Manuscript profile

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16 - Landslide susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio, logistic regression and AHP models in the part of Golestan province
Majid Mohammady Shantia Jamal Arman Mansoori

10.30495/jest.2018.18782.2751

Background and objective: Iran is always exposed to landslide hazard especially in the north because of climatic and topographic conditions. Identification of landslide prone areas and its hazards is one of the first works in natural resources management and development More

Background and objective: Iran is always exposed to landslide hazard especially in the north because of climatic and topographic conditions. Identification of landslide prone areas and its hazards is one of the first works in natural resources management and development programs. Policymakers pay high attention to landslide investigation in order to landslide susceptibility mapping and identifying susceptible areas and stable locations for development of new settlements in the future. The main goal of his research is landslide susceptibility mapping in the part of Golestan province.Material and Methodology: 78 landslides were identified from the field surveys in the part of Golestan province, and then landslide inventory map was created in year 2016. Effective factor maps such as slope degree, slope aspect, plan curvature, altitude, lithology, land use, distance from road, distance from fault, distance from drainage and slope-length (LS), were prepared in the GIS environment. Three methods such as analytical hierarchy process, frequency ratio and logistic ratio were applied to landslide susceptibility mapping. Also ROC curve was used to accuracy assessment of susceptibility mapsFindings: prioritization of effective factors using AHP showed that distance from road, slope, distance from drainage and distance from residential area have the most effect on landslide occurrence. Landslide susceptibility map obtained from three models was compared using Relative Operating Characteristic (ROC) and Area under Curve (AUC). The result showed that frequency ratio model with the AUC equal to 0.8 has the most accuracy to landslide susceptibility mapping.Discussion and Conclusion: In general, the results showed that the study area has a high potential for landslides occurrence. Identifying susceptible areas help to prevent changes in the natural state of these areas as much as possible. Manuscript profile

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17 - Analysis of Effective Factors on Technology Selection and Ranking of Nitrogen Oxide Emission Reduction Technologies (Case study: Iranian Thermal Power Plants)
Shirin Azizi Reza Radfar Reza Radfar Ali Rajab zadeh Ghatari

10.30495/jest.2021.52018.5059

Background and Objectives: Thermal power plants with significant consumption of fossil fuels play a major role in the production of air pollutants. Nitrogen oxides are among these pollutants. So far, none of Iran's thermal power plants have been equipped with technologi More

Background and Objectives: Thermal power plants with significant consumption of fossil fuels play a major role in the production of air pollutants. Nitrogen oxides are among these pollutants. So far, none of Iran's thermal power plants have been equipped with technologies to reduce and control nitrogen oxide emissions. Considering the necessity of reducing pollutants caused by fuel combustion in the country's power plants, and imposing excessive social costs due to the excessive emission of pollutants, this article aims to provide a solution to analyze the factors affecting the selection of reducing technologies. Nitrogen oxides with the origin of power plant activities and also their prioritization and selection with the approach of investing in technologies to reduce the emission of this pollutant in Iran's thermal power plants has been done.Material and Methodology: In this research, first, with the widespread knowledge of the researches conducted in this field, the existing technologies in the world and also the most important criteria influencing their effectiveness have been identified and in the next step, in order to adapt these criteria to the conditions of Iran, Fuzzy Delphi technique was used to finalize the criteria. In order to weigh the criteria and then rank the existing technologies, the new SECA ranking technique is used.Findings: The results showed that IFGR technology, OFA, Flameless Combustion, LNB and FR(Fuel reburning) were the first to fifth priority of technology selection,  respectively.Discussion and Conclusion: The sum of these technological assessments will help to create more suitable and sustainable environmental conditions and less vulnerability of ecological systems. Manuscript profile

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18 - Optimal pattern of marine shrimp catching from the Qeshm hunting areas by economical and environmental considerations
mohammad javad soltani ghaleh Yaghoub Zaraat Kish Zahra Abedi

10.30495/jest.2022.63760.5532

Background and Objective: Sustainable development focuses on the continuity of resources, the stability of capital and the continuous flow of its services for the present and the future. The Sea-based economy and the optimal yeild for development are important for our c More

Background and Objective: Sustainable development focuses on the continuity of resources, the stability of capital and the continuous flow of its services for the present and the future. The Sea-based economy and the optimal yeild for development are important for our country. In marine shrimp fishing, the goals are "employment, profit, participation and safety of employees, as well as the reduction of by-catch fishing and the conservation of biodiversity" are pursued. The goal is to obtain the optimal fleet according to environmental, economic and social considerations in Qeshm fishing area.Material and Methodology: Stakeholders and their objectives were identified and 70 samples were randomly selected. The weight of each goal was determined by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and the models were estimated by Linear Programming. The total allowable shrimp catch (TAC) along with the linear model estimates and its weights were analyzed through Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) and the goal programming (GP) model.Findings: In this study the preferences of the seven groups of identified stakeholders, including fisheries, labor, environmental NGOs, government, fisheries workers, researchers and processing centers, showed that maximum profit is the first priority for all groups. Reducing overfishing is the least preferred.Discussion and Conclusion: The share of the average fleet (between 20 and 50 tons) to achieve the research objectives was estimated at 64%. Based on the research findings, reducing the share of large fleet size and increasing the medium size is recommended to create harvest stability. Manuscript profile

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19 - The Presentation of Environmental Risk Assessment Pattern for Gas Pipeline Project by Using of Indexing System and AHP Methods (Case Study: Transportation Pipelines 24 inches, Tasuj-Salmas Project)
Sahar Rezaian Mahdi Irankhahi Seyed Ali Jozi

Gas transportation pipelines production plans, unlike technical and economical justification in the fieldof energy supplying for societies, by having danger on environment, needs the continuous studies ofassessment and environmental risk management in manufacturing and More

Gas transportation pipelines production plans, unlike technical and economical justification in the fieldof energy supplying for societies, by having danger on environment, needs the continuous studies ofassessment and environmental risk management in manufacturing and benefiting stage. In this study,for purpose of environmental risk assessment for gas transportation pipelines the indexing systemmethod and Analytical Hierarchy Process were combined. Indexing System is a compulsive andapplicable method that was based at the basis of characterizing index effect and ranking. By using thismethod, we can classify, quantify and prefering types of environmental risk in pipelines according tothe determined criteria’s and typical. In the mentioned method, typical of dangers, show the possibilityof danger occurrence and effects of typical show the effect intensity. Final grade for environmentalrisk in this method produce via possibility of danger occurrence multiply with effect intensity.According to that efficiency scale for whole of criteria are not equal in the final level of risk.In addition for the purpose of weighting the criteria’s, the Analytical Hierarchy Process was used andfor the purpose of weighting the digital layers of information related to the criteria Ordered WeightAnalysis method was used. For the purpose of examination results of this research, environmental riskassessment of gas transportation pipelines 24 inches for Tasuj-Salmas with approximate length about42 kilometer as a case study was exerted. Via usage of Geographic Information Systems abilities, theidentified risks and risk zonation in the path of pipelines were considered. Results showed that 46% ofgas pipeline path of Tasuj-Salmas, has a high risk level (5467- 6054 grade), 48% of it, has a mediumrisk level (6055- 6641 grade), 2% of it, has a low level of risk (6642-7228 grade) and 4% of it, has alittle risk (7228< grade). Adjacency of southern zone of pipelines path with Orumieh lake nationalpark, is an important ecological sensitivity that is under investigation. 15 kilometer of pipeline path(kilometer 18+220 to 33+220) is aligned with 5 kilometer of biosphere reserved. Manuscript profile

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20 - Environmental Capability Evaluation in Order to Select Nuclear Power Plant Site with Boolean-Fuzzy Logic Combination (Case Study: The Sahar Khiz Region of Gilan Province)
Mojtaba Barzehkar Naghmeh Mobarghaee Amir Salemi Hassan Ramezani

10.22034/jest.2019.13954

Background and Objective: Environmental capability evaluation in order to select nuclear power plant site with observance of International Atomic Energy Agency requirements and in the framework of land use planning is a very important factor to achieve sustainable devel More

Background and Objective: Environmental capability evaluation in order to select nuclear power plant site with observance of International Atomic Energy Agency requirements and in the framework of land use planning is a very important factor to achieve sustainable development. Precise evaluation of environmental capability will prepare the establishment of nuclear power plants in the coastal areas according to ecological and socio-economic considerations. The major purpose of this research is evaluation of environmental capability for nuclear power plant site selection in the Sahar Khiz region of Guilan province using Boolean-Fuzzy logic combination method based on the weighted linear combination (WLC) in Geographic information system environment. Method: At the first step investigating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear power plant site selection criteria were identified. Then, all the layers of ecological and socio-economical aspects were entered into the Geographic Information System Environment and then the layers were standardized. In the next stage, the Analytical hierarchy process, based on the paire comparison, for weighting of layers were utilized. Finally all the ecological and socioeconomic layers were combined by Boolean-fuzzy logic based on the weighted linear combination. Findings: After combining the ecological and socio-economical layers, it was determined that the total area of Sahar Khiz region of Gilan province is inappropriate for nuclear power plant site selection. Discussion and Conclusion: According to the International Atomic Energy Agency and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirement, the results demonstrate the environment capability evaluation for nuclear power plant site selection inthe Sahar Khiz region of Gilan province based on Boolean-Fuzzy logic method and based on the weighted linear combination (WLC), has higher flexibility and higher accuracy comparing with the Boolean logic method. Manuscript profile

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21 - Sitting Industries with Weighted Linear Combination Methodology in a GIS Environment in Great Isfahan Region
Marzieh Reisi Alireza Soffianian Hamidreza Ghodosi

The location of industrial area is a key factor in regional planning because this kind of decision haslarge social, economical and environmental impacts on any land. Location decision makers mustconsider a wide range of factors in order to coordinate socio-economic bene More

The location of industrial area is a key factor in regional planning because this kind of decision haslarge social, economical and environmental impacts on any land. Location decision makers mustconsider a wide range of factors in order to coordinate socio-economic benefits and environmentalsustainability. Isfahan is one of the most important industrial centers in Iran and because of largeindustrial development in this region industrial construction is limited to 50 Km radius around Isfahancity. The present paper describes a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method, calledWeighted Linear Combination in GIS environment to evaluate the suitability of 50 Km radius aroundIsfahan for industrial establishment. At first by literature review and obtaining standards, industrialsite selection criteria are defined. The relative importance weights of criteria estimated usingAnalytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and pair-wise comparisons. Finally all criteria layers areaggregated by WLC. After the elimination of sites which do not have enough area for industries, 4suitable patches for industrial construction are found Manuscript profile

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22 - Application of Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP) for environmental and technical assessment of using industrial and construction debris in road pavement layers
Mohammad Delnavaz Hossein Hasanpour Hossein Zangooei

10.22034/jest.2017.10628

Background and Objective: The efficient waste management and the environmental protection are important issues in engineering field especially in road construction. Excessive consumption of natural materials for construction and rehabilitation of roads damages the natur More

Background and Objective: The efficient waste management and the environmental protection are important issues in engineering field especially in road construction. Excessive consumption of natural materials for construction and rehabilitation of roads damages the natural environment severely. Therefore, in this research, the use of excavation debris and the steel slag in the road pavement evaluated. Methods: for this purpose, the experiments consisted of plastic and liquid limit, sand equivalent (SE), Los Angeles abrasion, soundness of aggregate and CBR test were done and the reliability of the materials was determined by several factors using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Findings: The result of CBR test on debris was obtained 36.2 that indicated the quality of this debris for sub-base layer. On the other hand, the steel slag arising from electric arc furnace cannot be used alone in the pavement layer of road because of lack of adhesion properties and therefore the steel slag was mixed with adhesive materials. Discussion and Conclusion: The results showed proper quality of construction debris and steel slag in road pavement by considering different factors especially environmental issues.   Manuscript profile

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23 - Hazardous Wastes Landfill Site Selection Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Zanjan Province
Mehdi Boroumandi Mashalah Khamehchyian Mohammad Reza Nikoudel

Recently, hazardous waste management is a major issue through the world due to increasing ofhazardous wastes in countries. According to numerous industrial units, Zanjan province needs aneffective managing method for hazardous wastes. Landfilling is the most common meth More

Recently, hazardous waste management is a major issue through the world due to increasing ofhazardous wastes in countries. According to numerous industrial units, Zanjan province needs aneffective managing method for hazardous wastes. Landfilling is the most common method used tohazardous waste management. Determining of optimum location with considering minimumenvironmental risks and cost effective methods are the scope of this paper. The used method in thispaper is combination of geographic Information System (GIS) and multiple criteria Analysis (MCA).Because of several influencing parameters in landfill site selection, using MCA is necessary. A twosteps method of landfill site was done, including elimination exclusionary areas and calculationsuitability index. In order to determine weights of effective parameters, Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) was applied. Simple additive weight method was used for determination of suitability indexand evaluation of study area for hazardous waste landfill. Finally regions with high suitability indexwere suggested for hazardous waste landfills in Zanjan province. Manuscript profile

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24 - Eco-technical and environmental evaluation of Electroplating industries wastewater treatment applying AHP
Mohammad Reza Dabaghian Sayed Hossein Hashemi

In this research, a systematic approach for selecting the best alternative for the wastewater treatment of electroplating plants is introduced. AHP is one of the systematic approaches applied in complicated multi-criterion decision-making to obtain scientific and reason More

In this research, a systematic approach for selecting the best alternative for the wastewater treatment of electroplating plants is introduced. AHP is one of the systematic approaches applied in complicated multi-criterion decision-making to obtain scientific and reasonable results. In this study, four wastewater treatment approaches (Chemical Precipitation, Reverse Osmosis, Ion Exchange, Nano Filtration) were evaluated and compared with one another based on three major parameters, that is, economic, technical and environment-social criteria, each of which including the dimensions of the required land, cost of construction and installation, repair and maintenance, sludge disposal cost, achievement of standards, etc. The results revealed that the Reverse Osmosis (RO) was the optimal choice for the wastewater treatment of electroplating plants Manuscript profile

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25 - Analytical Hierarchy Process of Land Potentiality for the Forest Roads Optimizing Path Tracing in terms of enviromental (Case Study; Seri Dallak Kheil)
Sareh Hosseini S. Ata ollah Hosseini Majid Lotfalian Aidin Parsakhoo

10.22034/jest.2017.11628

Background and Objective: Forest roads network in forestry plans have main and basic role in the forest management, conservation and recovery. In this research the ability of GIS and AHP in production of road-use map in Dallak kheil forest of Sari with an area of 1521.8 More

Background and Objective: Forest roads network in forestry plans have main and basic role in the forest management, conservation and recovery. In this research the ability of GIS and AHP in production of road-use map in Dallak kheil forest of Sari with an area of 1521.89 hectare (without villages in study area) was investigated. Method: In this study, for finding a suitable method for optimal routing forest roads and finding environmentally optimal variant of GIS and AHP technique was used. According to effective factors on road planning such as slope, slop direction, soil, geology, stock growth per hectare, hydrology, landscape and conserved species, a questionnaire was provided and then the idea of the experts about forest road planning and relative importance of factors was collected. The factors were weighted in Expert choice (EC) software via pair wise method.Then based on weights, the maps of mentioned factors were overlaid and land capability map with four classes of most unsuitable, unsuitable, suitable and most suitable was produced. Different variants of forest road were designed on land capability map using Arc GIS 9.3 software and divider method. Finally, the status of designed road network and existing road was compared using Backmund and nearest route method. Findings: Analysis of effective factors in the design based on the road design profesionals and forest roads, showed that standard slope with 0.254 relative weight, have the highest points and the outlook with relative weight 0.052 has the lowest points. Discussion and Conclusions:The result of the comparsion betwwen the existing network with five new variants in terms of environmental considerations indicated that the second variant is the best variant due to the passing of the most sutibel areas (19.7%) and unsutibel (21.5%) in compared to the existing road and other variants. Also The second variant whit 62/72 cover persentage in compared to other variants and existing roads in terms of environmental performance were selected as variants better. The Chi square test was used to compare the most suitable variant with existing road. Results showed that the designed road network was significantly better than that of existing road, regarding pass from suitable area. Manuscript profile

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26 - Commercial Areas Locate Region 17 of Tehran Using Fuzzy AHP Method
Mohammad Heydar ali Saeed Karimi

10.22034/jest.2019.13957

Abstract Background and Objective: The urban location with the use of GIS in urban planning is very important. Commercial usage is one the most important urban usage wich affects other urban activities. It is worth noting that people are actively deal with space and alw More

Abstract Background and Objective: The urban location with the use of GIS in urban planning is very important. Commercial usage is one the most important urban usage wich affects other urban activities. It is worth noting that people are actively deal with space and always with the business and related information. Individual placement in a convenient location from an environmental perspective and getting it by all senses will be able to actively respond to the environment and it will draw the attention to the environment. Due to the remoteness of the hospitals, railway stations and close to natural areas such as parks, subjective factors such as the appearance of intimacy, originality and vitality affected and will affect the ability to invite people. Method: In this regard, appropriate measures to study the documents formulation and using the AHP model value of each criterion, relative to other criteria determined and to each of the relevant criteria weights. Finally, the resulting weights in layers of criteria and multiplication using fuzzy compounds   layers were combined. Results: Integrated data showed that the 2 with more favorable situation than the 1 and the area as well as with situation better than 3 areas with different importance is the best place to create trade center. Conclusion: Region 17 of Tehran withpopulation of more than 358 thousands suffers from adequate access to 3 district municipality and this matter makes the costs of access to urban services increase. Therefore, this study explains appropriate indicators and geographic information systems to locate suitable commercial places in the region in each explained municipal areas which have been chosen for the establishment. Manuscript profile

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27 - Evaluating the Ecological Capacity for Urban Development Using a Combination of AHP and GIS (Case Study: Baghmalek District)
Panta Azari Ali Shirzadi Babakan

Background and Objective: Today, urban planners have become interested to consider sustainable development in their planning. Evaluation of ecological capacity for urban development in order to select appropriate locations is the main factor in sustainable development. More

Background and Objective: Today, urban planners have become interested to consider sustainable development in their planning. Evaluation of ecological capacity for urban development in order to select appropriate locations is the main factor in sustainable development. In this study, it has been attempted to evaluate the ecological capacity in order to determine the best possible regions for urban development in Baghmalek district by applying a combination of Analytical Hierarchy Processes and geographic information system. Method: In order to achieve this objective, first we recognized the effective criteria in urban development using the previous studies and by collecting opinions of the experts by Delphi methodology. Finally 5 criteria and 12 sub-criteria were selected. Then, we determined the priority of the criteria against each other by pairwise comparison method and by applying Analytical Hierarchy Processes. Finally, the required information layers were valuated based on fuzzy logic in environment of Geographical Information System (Arc GIS 10.2), the calculated weights were applied on them and ecological capacity map was prepared by weighted overlaying the layers. Results: The results indicated that %46.65 of the studied area has a completely unsuitable potential, %39.62 has an unsuitable potential, %12.27 has an average potential, %1.17 has a suitable potential and %0.29 has completely a suitable potential for urban development.   Conclusion: According to the classification of the final map, it was concluded that the prone areas for future physical development in Baghmalek district can be further expanded in the northern part. On the other hand, Southeast and East directions because of having mountainous regions, face with more restrictions for future development.                                                                                                                                                            Manuscript profile

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28 - Performing Sensitivity Analysis of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Process Using AHP
Mahnaz Hosseinzadeh Kalkhoran Shahnaz Hosseinzadeh Ebrahim Fataei

10.22034/jest.2017.10731

Background and Objective: One of the main issues before the design and construction of any wastewater treatment plant is the selection of the optimal wastewater treatment process, since the wrong choice can have considerable effect in increasing expense, and also led to More

Background and Objective: One of the main issues before the design and construction of any wastewater treatment plant is the selection of the optimal wastewater treatment process, since the wrong choice can have considerable effect in increasing expense, and also led to unattainable and undesired result. Method: The current study used the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model to determine the effective criteria in the selection of the appropriate wastewater treatment process, are developing in cities such as Ardebil, Tabriz, and Uremia in order to prioritize and choose the most appropriate treatment process. In such cities the treatment process involved: Aerated Lagoon, Activated sludge, and Biolak. Based on the technical, economic and environmental criteria and related sub-criteria, the processes are weighted through pair wise comparison and the results obtained are assessed using the Expert Choice software. Findings: Finally, Biolak was selected as the optimal process and Activated Sludge and Aerated Lagoon were respectively placed in the next priorities. Sensitivity Analysis is performed on the major factors to investigate the sensitivity of the alternatives in order to apply changes in the priorities of the criteria. Manuscript profile

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29 - Site selection for establishing a mill producing fluting paper from agriculture wastes using AHP (Case study: Mazandaran province)
Abdollah Barimani Ali Gasemian Majid Azizi Majid Zabizadeh

10.22034/jest.2017.11305

Background and Objective: Appropriate location plays a significant role for a plant to remain competitive in the market. It should be chosen in a way that the strategical advantage over rival plants is achievable. This paper aims to select an optimum site for a mill pro More

Background and Objective: Appropriate location plays a significant role for a plant to remain competitive in the market. It should be chosen in a way that the strategical advantage over rival plants is achievable. This paper aims to select an optimum site for a mill producing fluting paper from agricultural residue using hierarchical analysis process. Method: After the necessary studies, the factors affecting site selection for fluting paper mill in Mazandaran province were identified, and criteria and sub-criteria hierarchy was designed based on profit and loss. Finally, weight value of each of them was determined through Expert Choice software using questionnaires and date analysis. Final priority ranking of the alternatives was performed based on the ratio of benefits to cost (B/C) to choose the best alternative from eastern, western and central parts of Mazandaran. Findings: Results showed that material and production, economic and infrastructure were respectively the best criteria. Moreover, the sub-criteria related to raw material were found to be the most effective factor. Conclusion: The results indicate the highest ratio of benefits to costs for the eastern part of Mazandaran which is, as a result, the best location for establishing a mill producing fluting paper from agricultural residues in the province. Manuscript profile

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30 - Managing Environmental Aspects and Impacts of Pulp and Paper Industries using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Jafar Nouri Zahra Nourbakhsh Marzieh Nourbakhsh Ali Tahmasbpour

10.22034/jest.2017.10737

Background and Objective: In this study, managing environmental aspects of pulp and paper industries using AHP method was studied. The process of producing paper have 4 main step that done in for main unit of paper factories, the unit of Preparation and production of wo More

Background and Objective: In this study, managing environmental aspects of pulp and paper industries using AHP method was studied. The process of producing paper have 4 main step that done in for main unit of paper factories, the unit of Preparation and production of wood, pulp production unit, paper production unit ,chemical recovery system unit . Method: To identify and manage environmental aspects and environmental impacts of the industry AHP method (Analytical Hierarchy Process) was used. In the hierarchical structure of research, Factory production units were selected as criteria and various activities of each unit were selected as sub-criteria, four major environmental impact of the factory were selected as alternatives (water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and solid waste pollution). Conclusion: After analyzing the hierarchy with a group of experts in the software Expert Choice, four important results was obtained. 1- Most important environmental impacts of Wood and Paper industries 2- Which of the factory's production unit makes the most contaminants 3- in every single unit, which are most significant environmental aspects. 4- Any trace of contamination was identified that are shown in graphs .finally the obvious causes and effects of each of the significant aspects were examined and some solutions were presented in order to fix them. Manuscript profile

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31 - تعیین اوزان قطعی نرمال شده از ماتریس‌های مقایسات فازی با استفاده از مدل برنامه-ریزی آرمانی لگاریتمی دو مرحله‌ای بهبودیافته
امیر محمدقاسمی عبدالله هادی ونچه

10.30495/ijim.2023.22542

فرآیند تجزیه و تحلیل سلسله مراتبی فازی (FAHP) یکی از مشهورترین تکنیکهای تصمیم گیری چند معیاره است که با استفاده از آن اوزان معیارها و مقادیر ارزیابی گزینهها بر پایه مقایسات زوجی فازی ایجاد میگردند. رویکردهای زیادی جهت تعیین اوزان از ماتریسهای مقایسات More

فرآیند تجزیه و تحلیل سلسله مراتبی فازی (FAHP) یکی از مشهورترین تکنیکهای تصمیم گیری چند معیاره است که با استفاده از آن اوزان معیارها و مقادیر ارزیابی گزینهها بر پایه مقایسات زوجی فازی ایجاد میگردند. رویکردهای زیادی جهت تعیین اوزان از ماتریسهای مقایسات زوجی وجود دارند. برخی از این روشها اوزان بازهای را در آلفا برشها محاسبه کردهاند. با این وجود، در برخی تکنیکهای تصمیم گیری چندمعیاره (نظیر روش ترجیح بر اساس مشابهت به راه حل ایدهآل (TOPSIS)، راه حل توافقی و بهینه سازی چند معیاره (VIKOR) و FAHP) لازم است تا اوزان قطعی نرمال شده محاسبه شود. در مقاله حاضر، نویسندگان شاخصی را توسعه دادند که با استفاده از آن اوزان بازهای بدست آمده در آلفا برشها به وزن قطعی تلفیق میشود. در انتها، چندین مثال توضیحی در ادبیات جهت نشان دادن اعتبار شاخص پیشنهادی در نظر گرفته شده و پس از آن، نتایج بدست آمده با اوزان استخراج شده توسط برنامهریزی ترجیحی فازی (FPP) مقایسه میشوند. نتایج بدست آمده نشان میدهند که تکنیک پیشنهادی جهت بدست آوری اوزان قطعی روشی مناسب است و اولویتهای رتبه بندی مشابهی را با سایر روشها دارد. Manuscript profile

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32 - Assessment and Ranking of Environmental Risk Generating Activities in Ahvaz Desalination Plant No.1 Using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Abdolreza Karimi Zahra Rahimi Rashtabadi

Environmental risk assessment studies are usually followed a specific process, including the identification of risks and the consequences of them, estimation and risk assessment, and suggested techniques to reduce the risk and its consequences. This study was carried ou More

Environmental risk assessment studies are usually followed a specific process, including the identification of risks and the consequences of them, estimation and risk assessment, and suggested techniques to reduce the risk and its consequences. This study was carried out in 2016 to evaluate and ranking the environmental risk generating activities for desalination plant No.1 of Ahvaz in Karoon Oil and gas co-operation and in exploitation phase. In this study, identification of risks in the region based on field visits, interviews with factory and environmental experts, status report and Delphi method were performed. Then, the ranking of risk generating activities was done using AHP method. According to the Delphi method from 11 productive activity risks identified and 8 activities were identified as the final activities that these activities have generated the most risks in the plant. The data analysis according to the AHP method showed that the highest risk generating activities was the maintenance, transfer and injection of chemicals into reservoirs with the weight 0.244 and lowest risk related to rust operation with the weight 0.069. The final results showed that the application of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) can be use in prioritization the criteria and sub-criteria and increases its accuracy in estimating the ultimate level of risk. Manuscript profile

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33 - Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of Karoon River Water Using NSFWQI Index and AHP Method
Marjan Salari Feridon Radmanesh Heidar Zarei

Rivers are discussed as sources of water supply for various uses. Thus, monitoring the quality of these resources due to the recent drought and urban and rural development is one of the important tasks in the field of environmental management. Karoon River has very impo More

Rivers are discussed as sources of water supply for various uses. Thus, monitoring the quality of these resources due to the recent drought and urban and rural development is one of the important tasks in the field of environmental management. Karoon River has very importance in preparing drinking water, maintaining the industrial survival of Khuzestan province and agricultural water supply. Thus, management and control of water quality this resource has particular significance. In the present study, the Karoon water quality has been evaluated by available NSF water quality index. Subsequently, the nine present NSF parameters’ weights have been changed and modified using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method as well as experts’ opinions in the field in a way to satisfy local conditions. In the newly developed WQI, more weights are given to relation with these parameters it can be said that the factors like dissolved oxygen (Do), fecal coliform (F.c) and biological oxygen demand (BOD) when compared with NSF-WQI. The method used in this study is deserving for its merits. Because it provides managers with the capability that can have the better and more accurate   judgments about the final weights of the parameters. Using the present method, one can consider all purposes and objectives defined in water quality projects by taking into account experts’ opinions regarding the essential costs and economical, social and technical remarks. In this respect, the sensitivity of   analyses can be changed and modified in relation to the spatial features. In other words, applying AHP method, confines the NSF utilization to a specific water quality project with the particular conditions.   Manuscript profile

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34 - Presenting a decision–making model for landfill site selection geology using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) emphacis (case study : landfill of Semnan Industrial Town)
saeid Kamyabi babak ghotbooie Morteza hasanabadi

The various criteria and parameters are involved in site selection of landfill that whichever have particular importance and cause restrictions in the selection. The final goal of these criteria are choosing the most suitable site that has the least environmental advers More

The various criteria and parameters are involved in site selection of landfill that whichever have particular importance and cause restrictions in the selection. The final goal of these criteria are choosing the most suitable site that has the least environmental adverse impacts. Thus, applying managerial decision making methods such as multiple criteria techniques can be useful in this regard .In this paper ,design and present  a decision making model using group analytical hierarchy process in order to selection the best site for landfill .The model of this paper applied in the real world in order to landfill site selection of Semnan Industrial Town. The results of this  paper  indicate that applying this technique in the  proposed model can consider experts idea in  ranking the candidate sites and selection the best site of landfill of SemnanIndustrialTown and significantly decrease the costs reluctant unsuitable site selection . Manuscript profile

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35 - Environmental Impacts of PET- PTA Petrochemical Industries (Case Study: Mahshahr Economic Special Zone)
saeeid Malmasi seyed ali Jozi seyed masood Monavari elahe Jafarian Moghadam

Petrochemical industries pollutants especially heavy metals affect human health and environment. In this study, impacts of poly ethylene terephthalate petrochemical industries in Mahshahr economic special zone are evaluated with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) by wei More

Petrochemical industries pollutants especially heavy metals affect human health and environment. In this study, impacts of poly ethylene terephthalate petrochemical industries in Mahshahr economic special zone are evaluated with Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) by weighting and synthesizing of health human and environmental damage criteria. In this region, main petrochemical industries are constructed close to fiords. Hence pollutants due to these industries have detrimental effects on fiords as most important ecosystem with high biodiversity. Health human damage evaluation is achieved by expressing the impacts of each pollutant on employee and local population health. Environmental damage assessment requires on intuitive expression pollutants density and environmental sensitivity. Finally nine main pollutants are evaluated according to the kind of studied petrochemical industry, TSS, Oil & Grease, COD, Heavy metals, SOX, NOX, CO2, H2S and PM. these pollutants are then compared to derive a environmental scores. Results indicate that water pollution is most important issue and TSS and Oil & Grease with 0.235, 0.326 scores from waste water discharged as highest priority should be controlled in studied area. Air pollution due to gaseous emission is second priority.    Manuscript profile

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36 - Site selection of solar power plant using Geospatial Information System and climatic data (Case study: Ilam province)
Hoda Ahmadi Jafar Morshedi Farideh Azimi

The aim of this study was to determine the appropriate location for the construction of solar power plants according to the criteria and factors of climate (temperature, radiation, precipitation, sundial, evaporated), topography (elevation, slope, aspect, distance to fa More

The aim of this study was to determine the appropriate location for the construction of solar power plants according to the criteria and factors of climate (temperature, radiation, precipitation, sundial, evaporated), topography (elevation, slope, aspect, distance to fault), environment (user land, rivers) and human environment (residential areas, roads) in Geographical information system (GIS) and hierarchical model in Ilam province. According to the importance and role of these factors, the statistics of parameters were analyzed in the software Excel and map of each criterion was prepared  in GIS and the weight of each criterion was determined by Analytical hierarchical process (AHP). ArcGIS®9.3 software was utilized for the modeling and integration of data to produce the map of solar plant construction in four different classes (poor, moderate, good and very good). The results showed that the zones in very good class covered an area of 1510812500 m2;thus, the southern and western regions of Ilam province are the best places for the construction of solar power plants. Results also showed that GIS as a decision support system and AHP as a flexible model are appropriate for modeling spatial data and positioning the right place of solar power plants. Manuscript profile

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37 - Potential maps of prone defense centers in western forest of Ilam-Iran by using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP)
Mohammad Fallah Zazuli Reza Aghataher Mehrdad Zarafshar Mohsen Jafari

Oak forest in west of Iran has been always considered by terrorists. So, site selection with emphasis to passive defense principal is really necessary in this area. This research aimed to site selection of defense installations and determine of suitable areas of its gen More

Oak forest in west of Iran has been always considered by terrorists. So, site selection with emphasis to passive defense principal is really necessary in this area. This research aimed to site selection of defense installations and determine of suitable areas of its generation in the part of thin forests at Ilam province using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and Geographic information system (GIS).  By using defense expert opinions, and a literature review eight effective intelligence layer in determining the talented defensive centers (lithology, distance from urban, distance from rural, slope, aspect, elevation, distance from drainage and distance from road) were selected and their maps were digitized in ArcGIS®9.3 environment. Prioritizing factors were done using expert opinions in the Expert Choice (EC2000). The results by priority criteria by pairwise comparison method showed that distance from residential areas (urban and rural area), distance from roads and lithology 0.351, 0.222, 0.160, and 0.109 had the highest effects on defense site selection, respectively. In contrast, elevation (0.021) and distance from the river (0.030) had the lowest effects. Finally, the results showed that Cenozoic geology units, distance from city 10000-15000 m, distance from roads >6000 m, slope percentage (10-20%), eastern aspect, elevation (1000-1500 m), distance from river >3000 and distance from roads 3000-5000 m were the most important factors for presentation of potential maps for building of military centers in the western forest area of Ilam. Manuscript profile

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38 - Determination potential habitats (Anchusa strigosa) using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and GIS in Dezful
Majid Sadeghinia Mehdi Tazeh Zahra Jafari Koroush Kiani

Native plant development is one of the ways to restore degraded rangelands. In Dezful, Anchusa strigosa is a medication species which is one of the region’s main exports. Due to habitat degradation of this species by overgrazing and rangeland degradation, by consi More

Native plant development is one of the ways to restore degraded rangelands. In Dezful, Anchusa strigosa is a medication species which is one of the region’s main exports. Due to habitat degradation of this species by overgrazing and rangeland degradation, by considering ecological demands, its habitat can be developed. The aim of this study was to determine the potential sites for development, according to the criteria of Anchusa strigosa climate, soil and topography using geographic information systems and hierarchical analysis. For this purpose, In 2015, the spatial data for species presence was used as potential locations for growth. Part of the habitat of this species was extracted from studies using ground and the points which were grabbed. The first point map of the field was prepared by visiting the areas and habitats, and then current biophysical information was extracted. For completing the information, from other sources, the ecological demand of species was extracted and combined with ground-based data. The six criteria map were prepared, classified and standardized in ArcGIS®10.1. As the weight of the layers is not identical, to prioritize the areas of potential habitat, analytical hierarchy process (AHP) was used to weight the criteria. The results showed that of total area 464547.3 ha, 31% accounts for good habitat, 38%, average habitat and 7% poor to very poor habitat. The results also showed that the significant dip weight and the minimum weight is most significant measure that shows no inclination and most valuable to the growth of this species. The results can be used to modify the operation of the ranch and mapping of suitable areas for development use. Manuscript profile

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39 - Integrating visual and environmental elements using fuzzy and multi criteria evaluation methods for aesthetic quality assessment of Gharahsoo watershed, Golestan province
Fazlollah Ahmadi Mirghaed Marjan Mohammadzadeh Abdol-Rasoul Salman Mahini Seyed Hamed Mirkarimi

The aesthetic value of landscape is considered as one of the most important natural resources created by the interaction of different environmental and visual variables. These values are among the factors that have a large impact on land quality and habitat conditions. More

The aesthetic value of landscape is considered as one of the most important natural resources created by the interaction of different environmental and visual variables. These values are among the factors that have a large impact on land quality and habitat conditions. This study was implemented with the aim of combining visual and environmental elements of aesthetic quality assessment of Gharahsoo watershed in the southwestern Golestan Province of Iran based on Fuzzy and multi criteria decision making models. First, the evaluation criteria, including various aspects of physical, biological, socio - economic and visual features of the study area were selected based on a literature review and expert’s opinion. Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method was used for weighting. In the next stage, data analysis was conducted based on a fuzzy technique for order preference by similar to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) method. The weighting results of evaluation criteria showed that the criteria vegetation type, waterfall viewshed, vegetation density, proximity to rivers and naturalness with values 0.206, 0.155, 0.114, 0.114 and 0.076 respectively, are priority to other criteria in the aesthetic quality assessment of the study area. Man-made elements, including urban and rural settlements, roads and power transmission lines have received the lowest priority. Also, the results proved that there are aesthetic quality classes in various types in the study area, including most of the forest landscape in the central and south of the study area, as well as the southeast and west parts. Manuscript profile

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40 - Recreation suitability zoning in part of the Oman sea coast
Malihe Erfani Nahid EhsanZadeh

10.30495/girs.2021.677894

Background and Objective Ecotourism activities lead to the development and environmental conservation if they performed on the basis &lrm;of environmental potential and continue through appropriate exploitation and conservation of managed &lrm;areas. Therefore, ecotouri More

Background and Objective Ecotourism activities lead to the development and environmental conservation if they performed on the basis &lrm;of environmental potential and continue through appropriate exploitation and conservation of managed &lrm;areas. Therefore, ecotourism is known as one of the kinds of sustainable tourism that with reasonable &lrm;management is able to meet the protection and development goals. One of the most &lrm;important management activities is zoning and spatial prioritization of suitable areas for tourism &lrm;development. Suitable areas have the best status of predefined evaluation criteria. The selecting process &lrm;of the appropriate zone involves two main steps typically; screening (identifying a limited number of &lrm;candidate zones from a wide geographical area according to a range of criteria), and evaluation. Land evaluation is a process of predicting the potential use of land-based on its attributes. Due to the &lrm;importance of zoning in tourism management, many studies have been done so far, but a review of &lrm;studies conducted in Iran showed that coastlines have been less considered in such studies. Therefore, &lrm;the present study intends to identify and prioritize suitable ecotourism areas in a part of the southern &lrm;coasts of the country according to ecological and socio-economic resources. The present study is to investigate the capability and zoning of the eastern watershed of Chabahar Gulf with a coastal length of 47 km for coastal tourism and also to identify and select the most suitable areas based on their preference in terms of criteria.  Materials and Methods At first, all possible criteria for land suitability evaluation for tourism development in the study area were selected according to the review of resources, and finally, using a questionnaire and Delphi method, the criteria were finalized. The identified evaluation criteria were in two forms of factor (continuous and discrete) and constraint as; Continuous factor criteria included; distance from the river, distance from the wetlands, distance from the mountains of Hezar-Dareh (Badlands)&lrm;, distance from the port and the pier, distance from historical and cultural centers, distance from specific vegetation, distance from the specific animal, distance from agricultural lands, distance from the natural fountain, distance from rocky shores, distance from sandy shores, distance from the road, distance from rural areas, and distance from urban areas. Discrete factor criterion included; vegetation and restriction criteria included; wetland backline, river backline, and shore backline. Evaluation criteria were identified, prepared, and mapped. Finally Merged using the multi-criteria evaluation method (MCE) and the weighted linear &lrm;combination (WLC) approach. The weight of each factor &lrm;criterion was obtained by the analytic hierarchy process &lrm;&lrm;(AHP) and all layers related to these criteria were &lrm;standardized and dimensionless by the fuzzy method. The &lrm;standardization of constraint criteria was performed by the &lrm;Boolean method.&lrm; Areas that have more than 70% suitability for the coastal ecotourism development and also have at least 9 hectares extension were identified as acceptable areas. These two filters were implemented by applying the Siteselect function.  Results and DiscussionThe consistency ratio for the AHP were obtained 0.05, which is less than 0.1, therefore the weighting was done correctly. The filtered map (based on minimum area and minimum suitability) obtained from WLC showed that suitable areas for ecotourism development are along the coastline and mainly natural factors and spectacular geological attractions have been effective in this selection. The results of weighting the criteria show that rocky shores, sandy shores, and mountains of Hezar Dareh have the most weight among all operating criteria, which are respectively 0.19, 0.134, 0.12, and 0.09 and show the great attractiveness of these phenomena in attracting tourists from the experts' point of view. The resulting layer &lrm;of overlay was classified into two favorable and unfavorable classes. The results showed that the appropriate places for potential tourism were 233 hectares and are &lrm;located in seven zones along &lrm;the coast. Zones 4, 5, 2, and 3 had more priority, respectively based on the statistical characteristics of desirability, as well as the superiority of landscape features, proximity to the sea, and the greater accessibility, also the well-known locations. The field study also showed that these areas are more visited by tourists, which indicates the validity of the method and criteria used. Zones 7, 1 and, 6 are also in the next priority, respectively, which need more management and planning in terms of access to increase the tourism suitability. These results show the role of socio-economic factors, especially infrastructure. Ignoring it will lead to the elimination of recreational use or the imposition of irreparable damage to the environment.  Conclusion So far, our study area was less affected by accelerated development and its nature remains healthy. In this regard, allocating parts of the region to ecotourism landuse, if properly managed, can ensure the conservation of the environmental quality of the identification zones, because ecotourism is mentioned as the best policies of natural resources management which lead to the reduction of destructive factors and their sustainable protection, and on the other hand, by developing ecotourism sites and improving tourism facilities, the economic state of the tourist host community also improves. Among the identified zones, four zones 4, 5, 2, and 3 are suggested as the first priority &lrm;for tourism planning respectively.&lrm; Organizing, developing, and improving communication networks and roads in the region will increase the suitability of the region, especially zones 7, 1, and 6. Therefore, the development of communication networks and air transportation, maritime transportation, and Ground transportation and facilities and welfare and accommodation facilities needed by tourists are suggested, as well as maritime tourism tours to increase the region's attractiveness in attracting domestic and foreign tourists. Also, due to the high attraction of the mountains of Hezar-Dareh, which also have geological importance, it is suggested that parts of the study area be managed as a geological park or geopark. A more detailed study of the area is suggested to a spatial selection of coastal tourism activities with more comprehensive spatial information in the identified suitable areas in this study for future studies. http://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.26767082.1400.12.1.6.7 Manuscript profile

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41 - Landslide hazard zonation based on fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) and Multi-criteria decision analysis (Case study: Marbar river basin)
Mohammad Reza Sajjadi Ahmad Ahmadi Behnaz Bigdeli

10.30495/girs.2020.675969

Background and ObjectiveLandslide as a terrifying disaster can cause human and economic losses and the destruction of cultural and natural heritage. While the need for a method to directly predict the location of landslides has vital importance but currently, the predic More

Background and ObjectiveLandslide as a terrifying disaster can cause human and economic losses and the destruction of cultural and natural heritage. While the need for a method to directly predict the location of landslides has vital importance but currently, the prediction is not possible. The zoning of landslide hazard can be an efficient indirect approach. This paper proposes a method for landslide hazard zoning based on the decision fusion and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in the Semirom of Isfahan province. Materials and Methods In the first step of the proposed methodology of this research, GIS information layers of the study area are collected. Then by using of fuzzy and non-fuzzy hierarchical analysis method and based on expert knowledge, the layers and sub-layers were weighted. In addition, two different overlay methods including weighted overlay and fuzzy overlay are applied for zoning of the AHP and fuzzy AHP results. Combination of both AHP and fuzzy AHP methods with two overlay methods create four zoning maps for the area. The Fuzzy Overlay tool makes it possible for the analysis of the possibility of a phenomenon belonging to multiple sets in a multi-criteria overlay analysis. Not only the fuzzy overlay determines the influential members in the occurrence of a phenomenon but also analyzes the relationships between the memberships of several sets. Weight overlapping is one of the most effective methods used to overlay analysis to address multiple-criteria questions such as location selection and appropriate models. This method will adopt the values in the input raster to a common evaluation criterion for suitability or priority, risk, or appropriate scale. The cell values of each row of inputs increase with the increase of importance of the raster. It also combines the resultant cells to produce the output raster. After obtaining four zoning maps, a decision fusion strategy is applied for the fusion of these maps. Decision fusion systems or in general data fusion or combination strategies combines various decisions made from different methods or data to ultimately make decisions that are more precise and reliable than the result obtained from a single decision. One of the most important and effective methods for integrating decisions is based on the concept of voting. In this method, one vote is assigned to each decision. The simplest form of this method is known as the majority voting. In this method, if all decision-making methods have the same weight and accuracy, the decision of all strategies for an input sample is considered to be the same weight, and the decision with the highest score will be introduced as the winning class for the input sample. Results and Discussion The study area is located approximately 60 kilometers from Semirom city. Also, this area is located in Marbur River watershed. Generally, different factors can be effective in slope instability and landslide, which in this research, slope, aspect, distance to fault, distance to roads, distance to drainages, distance to residential areas, lithology and rainfall were selected for assessing the landslide phenomenon. These effective layers are obtained from information data such as Digital Elevation Model (DEM), fault lines, rivers location, streams location, residential areas, roads location, lithology and synoptic stations. The digital elevation model (DEM) of the region is prepared with 30 meters pixel size from the USGS website. By using DEM in GIS, slope and aspect maps in five classes are created. Faults map of the studied area is obtained from 1:100000 geology map of the Geology organization center of the country. Also, by using Euclidean distance in GIS, distance to faults layer is created in five classes. For preparation of rainfall map, the rainfall content of the studied area has been used from the average rainfall data of the Iran Meteorological Organization in the last 10 years of 19 meteoroidal stations. Based on the rainfall information, the area is divided into five classes. Roads map of the area is obtained from 1:25000 map of National Cartographic Center.  The distance to road layer is created from roads map of the area and divided into five classes. For drainage and residential area maps, a 1:25000 map from NCC is applied. Also, distance to residential area layer is created by this map in five classes. For assessment of the lithology in this area, a 1:100000 geology map is applied. Conclusion Results showed that the zoning methods provide satisfactory results, but eventually the results were improved with the decision fusion strategy. For validation our finding the results were compared with historical landslides. Based on the results, it was concluded that zoning by four different combinations: hierarchical analysis and overweight analysis, hierarchical analysis and fuzzy overlay, fuzzy hierarchical analysis and weighted overlay, and fuzzy hierarchical analysis and fuzzy overlaying, have a precision of 80%, 86%, 75% and 88% respectively. After integrating the results of these four methods, the accuracy of the zoning increased to 90%. Manuscript profile

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42 - Comparison of analytic network process (ANP) and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method in land use planning based on multi objective land allocation (MOLA) method
Hadi Rahimi Abdolrasoul Salman Mahini Hamid Reza Kamyab

Management and planning, distributing the economic and social activities as well as clearing hidden capacities in terms of the land’s potential and needs are the main goals of Land use planning. MOLA was used in order to zoning and planning Gorgan and Aliabad citi More

Management and planning, distributing the economic and social activities as well as clearing hidden capacities in terms of the land’s potential and needs are the main goals of Land use planning. MOLA was used in order to zoning and planning Gorgan and Aliabad cities in eight major Land-uses. The method of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and analytic network process (ANP) and the experts’ experiences were used for weighting the three main factors including ecological, economic and social factors. Compare zoning based on two ways AHP and ANP weighting also was evaluated. The results showed that the integration of applications based on AHP and ANP different weighting methods. According to the results of the integration of applications based on ANP method compared to the AHP with respect to slope, height, density of vegetation, rainfall and erosion ability in general is more appropriate. The results showed that according to total Kappa values (0.9151), spatial Kappa (0.9524), standard Kappa (0.9323), and chance agreement (0.1111), MOLA based zoning based on AHP and ANP weights had a similarity A lot. But the difference in the use of the AHP and ANP was 88663 pixels (7979 ha). For this purpose, statistical data on slope, height, vegetation density, precipitation and erodibility were extracted based on the weight of the two methods of AHP and ANP. According to the results, the placement of land use based on the ANP method in comparison with AHP is more appropriate in general. This means that the method has better performance in the ANP have been weighted to land-uses. The results of this study, the relationship and the importance of all aspects of ecological, economic and social planning and land use planning notes. Manuscript profile

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43 - Comparative evaluation of landslide susceptibility map using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Fuzzy methods
Ali Dastranj Hamzeh Noor

10.30495/girs.2021.680132

Background and ObjectiveAmong many natural hazards, landslides are one of the most widespread and destructive. Due to the high mountainous topography, tectonic activity, high seismicity, diverse geological and climatic conditions, basically, Iran has a natural condition More

Background and ObjectiveAmong many natural hazards, landslides are one of the most widespread and destructive. Due to the high mountainous topography, tectonic activity, high seismicity, diverse geological and climatic conditions, basically, Iran has a natural condition for creating a wide range of landslides and these landslides annually cause both life loss and financial damage to the country. Since it is difficult to predict the timing of landslides, identifying susceptible areas to landslides, and zoning these areas based on potential risk are highly important. Therefore landslide-prone areas need to be identified in order to reduce such damage. In this respect, landslide susceptibility assessment can provide valuable information essential for hazard mitigation. The main goal of landslide susceptibility analysis is to identify dangerous and high-risk areas and thus reduce landslide damage through suitable mitigation measures. Since the exact prediction of landslides occurrence isn’t possible by human sciences, thus, we can prevent the damages of this phenomenon by identification of landslide susceptible areas and prioritizing them. Binalood Mountain in Khorasan Razavi Province, Due to its geological location, geomorphology, topography, climate, vegetation, has kinds of mass movement. The results of these studies can be used as fundamental information by environmental managers and planners. Landslide hazard zonation was challenged by several researchers in recent years. In order to provide landslide hazard, zonation maps various methods such as Fuzzy logic, statistic methods and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) can be used. Since the early 1970s, many scientists have attempted to assess landslide hazards and produced hazard zonation maps portraying their spatial distribution by applying many different GIS-based methods. Different models and methods have been proposed to produce Landslide hazard zonation. The aim of this study is to develop and compare detailed landslide susceptibility maps (LSM) for Binalood Mountain, using Fuzzy and AHP methods in the framework of the GIS. Materials and Methods The study area is the northern and southern slopes of the Binalood Mountains that are located in the Khorasan Razavi Province. The present study area fallows under 36 ° 1' to 36 ° 15' north latitudes and 58° 38' to 59 ° 35' east longitudes. According to Geological, Geomorphologic, Hydrological, Climatic, Human and Environmental characteristics of the study area and using comparative studies and results of other researchers, 20 criteria and sub-criteria were identified to achieve the goals. The needed Layers of landslide hazard zonation were prepared using ArcGIS software. These layers are slope, aspect, altitude classes, geology, distance from the river, river density, distance from the road, road density, distance from the fault, fault density, morphological units, topographic indexes (stream power index (SPI), topographic wetness index (TWI) and slope length index (LS)), geomorphological indexes (topographic position index (TPI), topographic roughness index (TRI) and surface curvature index, land use, isothermal lines, and Rainfall lines. Thun, The landslide inventory map has been created in the study area. Subsequently, landslide susceptibility maps were produced using Fuzzy Logic and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) models. After preparing the layers, the next step was to assign weight values to the raster layers, and to the classes of each layer, respectively. This step was realized with the use of the AHP method. So, the landslide hazard zonation map of the study area was presented using weight exertion of factors in their layers and integration of them by Arc GIS software. In the Fuzzy method, after fuzzyizing the layers in the ArcGIS environment, the landslide risk zoning was performed using fuzzy gamma 0.8. For verification, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were drawn and the areas under the curve (AUC) were calculated. Finally, the ratio of the percentage of landslides was in each zone to the percentage of the total area of the zone was calculated. Results and Discussion The results of weighting the parameters affecting the landslide using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) showed that geological, slope, and fault factors have the greatest impact on the occurrence of landslide risk in the study area, respectively. The class of very high and high susceptibility covers 47.8% of the total area in the landslide susceptibility map generated with the AHP model. Low and moderate susceptible classes make up 13.4 and 38.8% of the total area, respectively. According to the landslide susceptibility map based on the Fuzzy Method, 27.7% of the total area was determined to be very high and high susceptibility to landslide. Low and moderate susceptible classes constitute 56.8%, and 15.5% of the area, respectively. The AUC values were 0.817 and 0.752 for AHP and Fuzzy models and the training accuracy was 81.7 and 75.2%, respectively. It can be concluded that both models utilized in this study showed reasonably good accuracy in predicting the landslide susceptibility of the study area. Finally, the ratio of the percentage of landslides was ineach zone to the percentage of the total area of zone showed the NRi values in each susceptible class for the AHP model more than the Fuzzy method. The larger ratio in the AHP method indicates its better consistency than the Fuzzy method, implying more coverage of landslides in a smaller area by the AHP method. This result represents the better accuracy of the AHP method than the Fuzzy method in the landslide susceptibility map. Conclusion In this study, the most widely accepted models, AHP and Fuzzy were used for producing Landslide Susceptibility Map (LSM) and their performances were compared. The LSMs were divided into five landslide susceptibility classes. The performance of the resulting LSMs was verified by the ROC curves and Numerical Ratio (NRi). The results show that the AHP and Fuzzy models are successful estimators. The map produced by the AHP model exhibited a slightly better result for landslide susceptibility mapping in the study area. These two techniques may be characterized by incorporating a wide range of conditioning factors. Also, they can discriminate the causative factors for understanding the importance of each factor. The interpretation of the susceptibility map indicates that geological, slope, and fault play major roles in landslide occurrence and distribution in the study area. The landslide susceptibility maps like the one produced in this study should provide a valuable tool for the use of planners and engineers for reorganizing or planning new programs. Manuscript profile

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44 - Land suitability assessment model for urban development using Multi-Criteria decision-making approach and Geographic Information System (Case study: Bam)
Pooya Farhani Sahar Rezayan Mojgan Zaeimdar Seyed Ali Jozi

10.30495/girs.2021.686048

Background and Objective In recent decades, with the acceleration of urbanization and the growth of migration to cities, the physical structure of cities has undergone extensive changes. To implement these changes, regardless of the ecological capacities and requirement More

Background and Objective In recent decades, with the acceleration of urbanization and the growth of migration to cities, the physical structure of cities has undergone extensive changes. To implement these changes, regardless of the ecological capacities and requirements of sustainable urban development, cities are facing many challenges. One of these challenges is determining the appropriate areas for the physical expansion of the city for the establishment of urban development. One of the most reliable methods to determine the appropriate directions and areas for urban development by considering environmental conditions and characteristics is the land suitability assessment. Such an assessment greatly contributes to sustainable land use and solving environmental problems caused by rapid urban development. Land suitability assessment aims to identify the most appropriate spatial pattern for future land uses considering the ecological potential of the area. Since many criteria need to be considered and analyzed in the selection of appropriate lands for urban development, it is necessary to use the most effective techniques to identify the best locations for future urban expansion. The Geographic Information System is such a technique, having its most useful application in the land suitability assessment method. In setting the importance of the criteria used and computing the weights of factors, GIS tools must be integrated with other methods to improve the results. Given that, the present study attempted to evaluate the land suitability to determine suitable areas for the establishment of urban development of Bam city through the integration of the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach, Fuzzy Logic, and Geographic Information System.Materials and Methods To achieve the objectives of this study, with the help of a group of experts, and an extensive review of the related literature, all the criteria and sub-criteria essential to the establishment of urban development were identified as the first step. To this end, a questionnaire was designed and distributed among the group of experts and they were asked to express their opinions on the identified criteria and sub-criteria. To determine the required sample size and population, Morgan’s sampling table was employed. Consequently, 9 criteria and 13 sub-criteria were selected for the land suitability assessment in this study. Multi-Criteria Decision-Making method and Expert-Choice software were used to compare and weigh the previously determined criteria and sub-criteria. As the next step, all the data layers were standardized by the fuzzy logic method using ArcGIS software. The scale of the maps used in this research is 1:100000 and the resolution of digital layers is 90×90 meters. After assigning calculated weights to each data layer, they were overlaid using the Weighted Linear Combination method and fuzzy sum technique.Results and Discussion The results from MCDM analysis revealed that three sub-criteria namely distance from major faults, distance from drinking water wells, and soil texture had the highest weights among other factors at 0.235, 0.117, and 0.114, respectively. The inconsistency calculated for the pairwise comparison in this study was 0.07, which is below the 0.1 thresholds. Analysis of the final raster suitability map, resulting from overlaying data layers, showed that the highest and the lowest pixel values were 0.481 and 0.07, respectively. To perform a more accurate analysis, the final suitability map was classified into four suitability classes (medium, low, very low, and undevelopable) indicating that 24% of the studied area equivalent to 189965.2 hectares, categorized as having medium suitability, 34% low equivalent to 268854.3 hectares, 22% very low equivalent to 178695.7 hectares, and 20% undevelopable equivalent to 160762/3 hectares for the establishment of urban development. The medium suitable areas are mainly located in the east, northwest, and to a lesser extent in the center, mostly away from the major fault lines, while the areas of very low suitability and undevelopable are mainly located in the west and south of the area studied. Due to their proximity to protected areas, mountainous, fault lines, and hills, these areas do not demonstrate the appropriate suitability for the establishment of urban development.Conclusion This study was conducted to identify and determine suitable areas for the establishment of urban development in Bam city using a combination of the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach, Geographic Information System, and Fuzzy Logic technique. All the criteria and sub-criteria, used to conduct this study, have been determined using a questionnaire and considering the environmental conditions and socio-economic characteristics of the studied area. As a result, 9 criteria including water resources, climate, topography, geology, soil, areas under the Department of Environment Management, roads, population centers, and land use, and 13 sub-criteria including distance from surface and groundwater resources, climate, wind speed, slope, altitude, distance from the main faults, geology, soil texture, distance from protected areas, distance from roads, distance from built-up urban areas and land use were selected for this study. Expert Choice and ArcGIS software were employed for pairwise comparison and standardization and overlaying data layers. It was found that 24% of the studied area equivalent to 189965.2 hectares can be categorized as medium suitability for the establishment of urban development. Based on the final results, it is concluded that the integration of the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making approach, Fuzzy Logic, and Geographic Information System can provide sufficient tools to determine the areas suitable for urban development and present a detailed analysis of these areas according to the characteristics of the area for future planning. Manuscript profile

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45 - Land suitability assessment for industry's establishment with AHP-Fuzzy logic method (Case study: Malard county)
Alireza Gharagozlou Masoumeh Alizadeh

Unplanned development of industries can be harmful to sustainable development. Some of the harms include destruction of farmlands and natural ecosystems and emission of environmental pollutants. Furthermore, establishment of industries in unsuitable and risky sites can More

Unplanned development of industries can be harmful to sustainable development. Some of the harms include destruction of farmlands and natural ecosystems and emission of environmental pollutants. Furthermore, establishment of industries in unsuitable and risky sites can cause heavy damages. Thus, unplanned development of industrial plants should be stopped and suitable lands for industrial purposes should be studied and identified. The aim of this research is land suitability assessment for industry's establishment in Malard county using AHP-Fuzzy Logic method. Various qualitative and quantitative criteria effective in land suitability assessment were identified and selected. Then, using AHP method, qualitative criteria were quantified and weighed. In modeling process, fuzzy logic was used to convert discrete variables to continuous variables and change data layers to raster format and combines them in Arc®GIS software. Finally, the land suitability map for industrial development was developed. Manuscript profile

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46 - Suitable sites for wind power plants constructed in East Azerbaijan using fuzzy- analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method
Mehdi Asadi Saeid Jahanbakhsh Asl

In this study, to determine appropriate locations for the construction of wind power plants in the East Azerbaijan, several criteria, including wind speed, prevailing wind speed, pressure, temperature, elevation, slope, road, city, village, protected areas, land use, ri More

In this study, to determine appropriate locations for the construction of wind power plants in the East Azerbaijan, several criteria, including wind speed, prevailing wind speed, pressure, temperature, elevation, slope, road, city, village, protected areas, land use, river, fault and earthquakes were considered. All criteria were implemented by using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) weight of layers in EC2000 software. For fuzzification the parameters were coded by 0, 1 into the IDRISI software and based on the expert opinions, the control points and fuzzy function of each layer was determined. Then the software Arc®GIS9.3 was used to overlay layers, and finally, the East Azerbaijan potential wind power plant was constructed in four levels: excellent (217294.36 ha), good (972887.64 ha), fair (1650932.35 ha) and poor (1709038.40 ha). Manuscript profile

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47 - Determination potential habitats of Ferula assafoetida medicinal herb using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and GIS (Case study: Chatrod region, Kerman)
Amir Saadatfar Iraj Tavassolian Samira Hossein Jafari

Sustainable land use pattern relies on a precise assessment of ecological resources. Medicinal plants demand special environmental conditions, therefore, researchers and experts have special attention to land suitability evaluation and appropriately discover and assess More

Sustainable land use pattern relies on a precise assessment of ecological resources. Medicinal plants demand special environmental conditions, therefore, researchers and experts have special attention to land suitability evaluation and appropriately discover and assess ecological resources and finally, make feasibility studies for specific aims applying agricultural and ecological models. The present study aimed to identify effective climatological, topographic, and physical-chemical properties of soil on the habitat of the Ferula assafoetida medicinal herb, and zoning of suitable areas for cropping of these crops by means of Geographical Information System (GIS) in the Chatrod region of Kerman province. In the first step, the ecological requirements of Ferula assafoetida identified for determining scientific resources and thus, classified to provide thematic maps. Thematic maps also prepared and categorized by sampling the soil from the surface area at 14 points. The examined parameters included precipitation, temperature, altitude, sand, silt, clay, lime, pH, electrical conductivity, potassium, saturation, phosphorus, organic matter, and nitrogen. Finally, by integrating and matching the weighted maps in GIS software, the zoning of the habitat of the Ferula assafoetida extracted. The results of the zoning showed that Ferula assafoetida was in four zones (very suitable, suitable, moderate and poor) in terms of land suitability. Approximately 4826 hectares (16.9%) of the Chatrod region had highly suitable for growing the Ferula assafoetida herb. It is because of the specific characteristics of this area, such as low electrical conductivity, low acidity, high organic matter, and the height of 1900 to 2500 meters was. However, approximately 6819.6 hectares (23.8%) of the area of land evaluated as unsuitable zones because of low rainfall, high altitude and organic matter to grow of Ferula assafoetida. Manuscript profile

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48 - A Study on Effective Factors on New Product Development with an Emphasis on Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis Approach
Javad Iranban Sanaz Davodzadeh

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49 - Designing and Fuzzification a Comprehensive Expert System of Higher Education Institutions Performance Evaluation Based on Balanced Score Card & Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making
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50 - مسیریابی خطوط لوله در سیستم های انتقال آب (از سد طالقان تا شهر جدید هشتگرد) با کاربرد و مقایسه روش های تحلیل سلسله مراتبی و شبکه‌ای
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تعیین مسیر بهینه خط لوله که در آن ملاحظات فنی ومهندسی، اقتصادی و زیست محیطی اعمال شده باشد؛ نیاز به تکنیکهایی داردکه پارامترهای موثر در تعیین مسیر را بهطور توام در نظر بگیرند. در این پژوهش از سد طالقان تا شهر جدید هشتگرد ابتدا پارامترهای موثر در تعیین مسیر وضع More

تعیین مسیر بهینه خط لوله که در آن ملاحظات فنی ومهندسی، اقتصادی و زیست محیطی اعمال شده باشد؛ نیاز به تکنیکهایی داردکه پارامترهای موثر در تعیین مسیر را بهطور توام در نظر بگیرند. در این پژوهش از سد طالقان تا شهر جدید هشتگرد ابتدا پارامترهای موثر در تعیین مسیر وضعیت توپوگرافی (شیب، ارتفاع)، پوششگیاهی، کاربری اراضی، تراکم جمعیت، طول خط لوله، رودخانه و جاده، نواحی و مکانهای مهم، سکونت‌گاهها، نواحی حساس زیستمحیطی و مراکز مذهبی- فرهنگی تعیین، و با کاربرد نقشههای پایه و استخراج مکان هندسی نقاط مورد نظر از Google Earth، اقدام به عملیات میدانی پیمایش و برداشت اطلاعات زمینی شد. پس از آن اطلاعات لایههای مربوط به پارامترهای مورد نظر در محیط GIS بارگذاری و پس از اعمال وزندهیهای خاص، عملیات تولید نقشه هزینه بر اساس فرآیند تحلیل سلسله مراتبی ارزشگذاری، ترکیب و نهایتاً مسیر بهینه با استفاده از الگوریتم کمترین هزینه تعیین گردید. نهایتاً مسیرها شامل: مسیر آبفا و مسیر بهینه تعیین شده، با هم مقایسه شدند. مقایسه مسیر بهینه تعیین شده با استفاده از نرمافزارهای ArcGIS و ادریسی نشان میدهد دو مسیر بر هم منطبق هستند و مقایسه هزینه این مسیر با مسیر آبفا، 14 درصد کاهش هزینه را نشان میدهد که عمده هزینه اضافی مسیر آبفا ناشی از تقاطع بیشتر با رودخانه و جاده، عبور از نواحی غیر مجاز، عبور از کاربریهای مختلف با هزینه بالاتر و نهایتاً  افزایش طول خط لوله است. Manuscript profile

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51 - Evaluating suppliers in supply chain using a combination technique Fuzzy MOLP-AHP (Case of the study: Azaran Industrial Group)
Seyed Haidar Mirfakhradini Iman Nourbakhsh Atrina Rabiee Sasan Rowshan

In the last decade, supplying raw materials and selection of suppliers in the supply chain has been a challenge for most of the organizations. Since the performance of suppliers has a major impact on the success or failure of the supply chain, Supplier selection known a More

In the last decade, supplying raw materials and selection of suppliers in the supply chain has been a challenge for most of the organizations. Since the performance of suppliers has a major impact on the success or failure of the supply chain, Supplier selection known as a strategic task. Thus, in this study - whom has been carried out in the Azaran Industrial Group - researchers has tried to identify the most important criteria in selecting suppliers and determining the importance of each of them according to experts' opinions to select the best suppliers. Therefore, the main criteria for selecting suppliers of a part of parts of the Azaran Industrial Group with a poll of relevant experts were identified through questionnaire. Then by using fuzzy AHP method based on the Analysis of Development, the rate of each criterion and the weight of each supplier - in relation to each criterion - were determined. After that, a fuzzy objective function was created for each criterion. The goal of this function is maximizing the performance of supplier in relation to each criterion. After bringing out the model from fuzzy state, by using the Sum of the Weights, the best supplier was chosen. Manuscript profile

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52 - Identification and Prioritization of SOx Emission Reduction Technologies Case study:Iranian Thermal Power Plants
Shirin Azizi reza radfar Hanieh Nikomaram ali Rajabzadeh

Thermal power plants play a major role in the production of air pollutants, with significant consumption of fossil fuels. Sulfur oxides are among these pollutants.So far, none of Iran's thermal power plants have been equipped with technologies to reduce and control sulf More

Thermal power plants play a major role in the production of air pollutants, with significant consumption of fossil fuels. Sulfur oxides are among these pollutants.So far, none of Iran's thermal power plants have been equipped with technologies to reduce and control sulfur oxide emissions. Due to the necessity of reducing pollutants caused by fuel combustion in power plants of the country, and imposing high social costs due to the excessive emission of pollutants,This paper seeks to play an effective role in managing the emission of this pollutant by presenting a strategy to prioritize and select sulfur oxide-lowering technology with an investment approach in Iranian thermal power plants. . In this study, fuzzy Delphi technique was used to select the criteria for effective investment in technology and Simultaneous evaluation of criteria and alternatives (SECA)was used to rank SOx-lowering technologies. The results showed that dry scrubber technologies, regenerable process, corona discharge, sorbent injection process and absorption technology were the first to fifth priority of of technology selection, respectively. Manuscript profile

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53 - Using Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy AHP to Determine Key Technology Selection Criteria
Milad Aghaee Reza Aghaee Mostafa Memarzadeh

Technology has been an important element in service and production in which we have faced a great growth in different technological aspects. Today, many organizations, especially police organizations have no choice expect using technology for increasing productivity and More

Technology has been an important element in service and production in which we have faced a great growth in different technological aspects. Today, many organizations, especially police organizations have no choice expect using technology for increasing productivity and service quality. In this way, many resources like financial, human and time resources consume that effective utilization of resources and investments on suitable technology have an important role in the achievement of technology. Thus, current research is aimed to recognize effective criteria on technology selection in police organization and present a systematic model for prioritizing them by FUZZY Delphi and FUZZY AHP technique. TO do so, the population of this research is experts of technology field in police organization in which 10 people were selected. The findings of this research are as three initiatives: 1- prioritization of fundamental criteria using FUZZY Delphi, 2- the refined criteria showed that technology selection criteria are not just inter-organizational criteria, but it encompasses external organizational criteria and 3- effective factors on technology selection for development are not only financial criteria, and there are other criteria like politics problems in which effects on technology selection. On the other hand, based on research results, the ranking of selecting technology in police organizations are as below: political problems, economic attractiveness, strategic attractiveness, value creation, practicality and technical knowledge and learning.   Manuscript profile

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54 - A Supplier Selection Model in order to Increasing Productivity (Case study: One of the Active firms in Manufacturing of Refinery Equipment)
Ahmadreza Etemadi Ahmadreza Kasraei

Supplier selection issue is one of the basic problems in all of the industries, especially in the oil industry. In such issues, multiple criteria and sometimes contradictory criteria must be considered. So, these problems are considered as multi-criteria problems. Suppl More

Supplier selection issue is one of the basic problems in all of the industries, especially in the oil industry. In such issues, multiple criteria and sometimes contradictory criteria must be considered. So, these problems are considered as multi-criteria problems. Suppliers can have a huge impact on the performance of companies in different categories like price, quality, and delivery. Experts believe that there is not the best way for evaluating and selection and there are different methods in this field. In this study, first, with investigating other studies and interviews with experts and the basic criteria for supplier selection were identified and prioritized with Analytic Hierarchy Process. In the next step, according to the criteria and alternatives (suppliers), a hierarchical analysis model prepared and alternatives were also prioritized. In order to determine economic order quantity for one of the main needed parts, a hybrid goal programming and analytic hierarchy process have presented and by using real data, model run and the optimum order for the part was determined for each supplier. Manuscript profile

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55 - Identifying and Prioritizing of the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of Knowledge Management by Using SAW & FAHP
Elmira Rahimi Majid Bagherzadeh Khajeh

In the knowledge-based age, knowledge is regarded as a competitive advantage which should be managed in a proper manner for an accurate use. The first step to implement a system is to identify the key factors. During designation and implementation of knowledge managemen More

In the knowledge-based age, knowledge is regarded as a competitive advantage which should be managed in a proper manner for an accurate use. The first step to implement a system is to identify the key factors. During designation and implementation of knowledge management, a series of factors exist which play a more vital role and they lead to facilitation and acceleration of the implementation process of the system by focusing on the main axes. This research is conducted in order to identify and prioritize the critical success factors (CSFs) of knowledge management. The statistical population consisted of managers and experts of Tabriz Oil Refinery which is equal to 30 persons. As the statistical population number is limited, there is no need for sampling and the whole population was surveyed. For data collection, two questionnaires were employed, the reliability and validity of questionnaires were assessed by experts’ reviews, opinions, and Cronbach test. For identifying the factors effective on the success of knowledge management T-test was performed. According to the findings and results, four critical success factors were identified, including management practices, organization efforts and development, information technology and supply and adoption rate. With regard to the simple Additive Weighting Method (SAW), the ranking of afore-mentioned factors are as follows:  management practices, organizational efforts, supply, and adoption rate and IT. And with regard to the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP), the ranking of these factors are as follows: management practices, organizational efforts, IT and supply, and adoption rate. In addition to the importance of knowledge management, we can refer to the identification of gaps in organization's knowledge, higher productivity of human capital; provide more value-added goods, the satisfaction of customers and employees, strengthening competitive position. Manuscript profile

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56 - Using AHP Approach to Rank the Effective Factors in the Emergency Center Locations
Saba Loloee Jahromi Ahmad Sadeghieh Hasan Hosseininasab

The emergency is one of the most important services in every city. An event is sudden and unexpected so immediate attention is necessary for us to decide correctly. This subject becomes serious by population increase and urban development. These factors and their rankin More

The emergency is one of the most important services in every city. An event is sudden and unexpected so immediate attention is necessary for us to decide correctly. This subject becomes serious by population increase and urban development. These factors and their ranking help the urban emergency services and reduce the mortality of the humans. So this causes the people to be satisfied with of the emergency services. The purpose of this paper is to obtain the effective factors on the location of emergency centers in Shiraz city and prioritize these factors using analytical by Hierarchy method (AHP) so that we can propose the solutions for improving the locations of emergency centers. Using theoretical studies of past research and interviews specify the effective factors. They are time, distance, cost, facilities, and technological issues, quality of service, traffic, and population density. Then we prioritize these factors by studying between two staff and patient population. Our result of this method shows the time as the most important factor and the most effective factors for the emergency center. At the end, the other factors were rated.  Manuscript profile

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57 - Performance Evaluation of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company Staff in Ahwaz Region by Using Analytical Hierarchy Process Method
Razieh Amirzadeh Behbahani Zahra Yaghoubi

In today's competitive world the organizations can survive in the existing disordered conditions which utilize the best out of their resources. One of the major resources of an organization is human resources. Considered as a crucial process in almost all organizations, More

In today's competitive world the organizations can survive in the existing disordered conditions which utilize the best out of their resources. One of the major resources of an organization is human resources. Considered as a crucial process in almost all organizations, organizations need to evaluate their performance and manpower performance measurement to eliminate and compensate defects, increase the productivity and efficiency and to discover the capability of the human resources. So, this research has studied ways to evaluate the performance of national Iranian oil products distribution company staff in Ahwaz region by Analytical Hierarchy Process Method. According to the scientific resources under consideration and also the desired factors in this organization, the principal criteria and sub-criteria have been detected. Then, the pair comparisons of the criteria and sub-criteria were designed and were handed out to 10 evaluation managers. First, the incompatibility of each of the filled pair comparison tables by the evaluators was examined. Then, the weight of each of the main criteria and sub-criteria and the new system of personnel performance evaluation was designed by using the Group AHP and Expert choice software. Some assumptions were presented and a questionnaire was given to 79 personals and managers to analyze the superiority of our novel method over the existing method in the company. Since the questionnaire was prepared by suggestions from experts and also the calculated Cronbach’s Alpha as 0.94, it’s validation and the robustness was accepted. Also, according to the analysis of the dataset and using the statistical methods, the advantage of this method over the former method is deliberated.     Manuscript profile

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58 - Location of solid municipal waste landfill using gis (Case study of Osco city)
Ramin Khiyabani hamid shahinfar Robab Azarmi Arabshah

Solid wastes are an integral part of human life, and the production of these wastes in different quantities and qualities is one of the greatest environmental problems of the present age. To reduce the negative consequences of the waste, the use of new tools and technol More

Solid wastes are an integral part of human life, and the production of these wastes in different quantities and qualities is one of the greatest environmental problems of the present age. To reduce the negative consequences of the waste, the use of new tools and technology to find a suitable landfill location is necessary. Today, geographic information systems are widely used in environmental planning. The central part of the city of Shahindezh, with daily production of 10 ton of waste per day, due to the lack of equipment and inappropriate location of landfill, has caused environmental, social and many health problems. In this research, in order to determine the proper location for solid landfills in the city of Osco, various indices such as Lithology, land use, vegetation cover, soil profile, topography, distance from urban areas and distance from main road, main waterways and   Subsurface, residential areas, wells and faults in landfill location have been considered.  For mapping capability, firstly, forbidden areas is deleted and 9 layers of weighing information, the process of analyzing of final map is prepared. Finally, proper areas of landfill in Osku city have been identified based on the location of the site in the form of four suitable and not suitable classifications. Based on the results of this study, 3 suitable zone were selected which were compared with each other after field visits from zone using TOPSIS method. Area having number 0 , in northeastern of Osku, based on the scores and having characteristics such as appropriate distance to population centers and access roads, proper slope, proper lithology, lack of vegetation and etc, with the least environmental impacts is determined as the preferred option. Manuscript profile

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59 - Identification of Protected Area at Roodan Township by Spatial Multi Criteria Evaluation
Fakhri Allahyari Afshin Danehkar Rozita Sharifipoor

Roodan Township has many habitats and extensive varieties of protected species in Hormozgan province. Itneeds to study and practically to make efforts for protection of wildlife.The goals of this study includerecognition the criterias of protection,the regular gradation More

Roodan Township has many habitats and extensive varieties of protected species in Hormozgan province. Itneeds to study and practically to make efforts for protection of wildlife.The goals of this study includerecognition the criterias of protection,the regular gradation and specified coefficients of criterias and introductionof criterias protection. It extracted 5 original criterias and 27 subcriterias criterias and subcriterias sifted byDelphi method and, finally, 5 original criterias and 24 subcriterias they elected as selection of protectedregions.They separately introduced to assess proper protection places by analyzing about prioritized and regulargradation and specified coefficients in math method. It is presented, the indexes that change to plans and suitcharacteristics of according to studies what is researched, for all elected subcriterias. Then plans enter GIS(Geographic Information system) environment. Finally, elected item recognized to protect by entering preparedmath model in Roodan Township Manuscript profile

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60 - Landslide Hazard Zoning Maps Sufiyan Area By Using AHP Model In GIS
Hamid Shahinfar

Mass movements are a complicated mechanism that many factors and variables can play roles in their occurrence. In this article the frequency and distribution of large landslides in Sufiyan of the E- Azerbaijan province are studied. The main investigation of this study i More

Mass movements are a complicated mechanism that many factors and variables can play roles in their occurrence. In this article the frequency and distribution of large landslides in Sufiyan of the E- Azerbaijan province are studied. The main investigation of this study is to investigate that factors influencing the landslides through Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and then hazard zonation map in the studied region. To do this, six landslide factors, including (1) lithology, (2) slope, (3) the distance of fault, (4) elevation, (5) the distance from the spring and (6) land usage, have been detected as important factors affecting the landslides in this area. Each layer is imported as data into GIS, and their weights are illustrated by using hierarchical analysis. Any how by integrating layers in GIS landslide hazards are mapped in 5 levels as very high-risky, high-risky, medium-risky, less-risky and very less-risky. The results show that most parts of the area are in the very less-risky (43%), and the others covered less-risky (22%), medium-risky (17%), high-risky (9%) and very high-risky (9%) parts of the area. From the mention factors in slopes instabilities, lithology, slope and the distance form fault ordinarily have impact on the slope movements of the studied region Manuscript profile

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61 - Investigation and Selection of Optimal and Suitable Locations for Arsenal Camouflage using Remote Sensing Studies (Case Study: Iran)
mehdi mohamdpour Davod Majidi

Identifying suitable and optimal areas for camouflage of arsenals is very important. The purpose of this study is to investigate and select the optimal and suitable places for camouflage of arsenals in the country using AHP model and mathematical analysis in ARC GIS env More

Identifying suitable and optimal areas for camouflage of arsenals is very important. The purpose of this study is to investigate and select the optimal and suitable places for camouflage of arsenals in the country using AHP model and mathematical analysis in ARC GIS environment. Locating is a process through which the best place for an activity can be determined based on the conditions and according to the available resources and facilities. Accordingly, in this study, first the effective factors in locating the ammunition slot are examined and the map of each of the effective factors in locating the arsenal such as slope map, slope direction map, Altitude map, Access road map, Distance from big cities map, Distance from medium cities map, Distance from small towns Map, Distance from villages map, Distance from faults map and distance  from water level map were prepared in ARC GIS environment and the importance coefficients of criteria and sub-criteria were obtained using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Expert Choice software. Then, these coefficients were applied in the layers related to each parameter through a linear weight combination and suitable places for selecting the arsenal were identified with a range of values. Manuscript profile

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62 - Optimal Solar Power Station Site Selection Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Iran
Pedram Ahadi Farbod Fakhrabadi Alireza Pourshaghaghi Farshad Kowsari

A vast country with a mean solar irradiance of 4.5 kilowatts per square meter, Iran enjoys very high potentials for establishment and utilization of solar systems and, in particular, production of electrical energy from solar power stations. The present study was conduc More

A vast country with a mean solar irradiance of 4.5 kilowatts per square meter, Iran enjoys very high potentials for establishment and utilization of solar systems and, in particular, production of electrical energy from solar power stations. The present study was conducted for Optimal Solar Power Station Site Selection Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Iran, and the Expert Choice software. AHP is one of the most widespread multi-criteria decision-making tools. The research considered criteria and sub-criteria such as the amount of radiation, number of sunny days, mean temperature, air humidity, precipitation, amount of dust and pollution, and cloudiness factor. For obtaining the optimal location using the AHP method, implemented in Expert Choice, pairwise comparison is made between the sets for weighting after the hierarchical levels, including the goal, criteria, sub-criteria, and alternatives (intended locations), are specified. As the sets are weighted, the compatibility of judgments is analyzed, which must be less than 0.1. The capitals of the provinces of Iran were considered in the research. From among the thirty-one locations in the examined region, the city of Zahedan was selected as the best location for establishment of solar power stations, and the other alternatives were assigned the next priorities given their weights. Moreover, sensitivity analysis was made on the major criteria, and the impact of parameter weight on the alternatives was assessed. Manuscript profile

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63 - Development of a web-based group spatial decision support system for the site selection of a new shopping center
Abbas Safari Mohammad Hassan Vahidnia Hossein Aghamohammadi

Choosing the right place to build a new shopping center is a multi-criteria decision-making problem that involves different people and opinions. In this research, geographic information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria decision-making models have been used to perform so More

Choosing the right place to build a new shopping center is a multi-criteria decision-making problem that involves different people and opinions. In this research, geographic information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria decision-making models have been used to perform some stages of spatial analysis, and then the development of a group decision support system for aggregating and selecting the final alternative has been discussed. A two-step method was proposed in this research to create limited decision-making options. In the first stage, creating standard criteria maps including five items with spatial analysis and normalization was done in ArcGIS software. According to the studies, the weight of each criterion was determined and the weighted overlapping of the layers was done. After applying the limiting options, six areas were determined to perform web-based location selection. In the second stage, a group spatial decision support system was developed. Using Visual Studio environment and C# programming language and .NET technology, a website was designed for the participation of experts in this field. In the architecture of this system, ASPMap technology, including a set of controls and map components, and location-based tools, was embedded on the server side of the program. User weighting of the criteria was done in the forms designed by Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). With the help of stored procedures in a SQL Server database, the average value of each of the selected points is calculated online based on the opinions of the group. Finally, the point that had the highest value in the average of the opinions of different users was introduced as the best place to build a shopping center. The research results showed that the proposed method has high flexibility, speed, and ease in applying group opinions. Manuscript profile

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64 - Comparison of pedestrian safety in old and new neighborhoods (A case study of Qazvin)
Manouchehr Tabibian Elaheh Shabanjoola

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65 - Using Hybrid QFD-AHP Method in Order ToImproving Internet Services
Jalal Haqhighat Monfared AhmadReza Etemadi

Nowadays, Internet as a quick and inexpensive mean of communication has changed different aspects of human life.In this regard, the Statistics shows that the number of Internet users has been increased greatly in different countries in recent years.Meanwhile, the compan More

Nowadays, Internet as a quick and inexpensive mean of communication has changed different aspects of human life.In this regard, the Statistics shows that the number of Internet users has been increased greatly in different countries in recent years.Meanwhile, the companies that provide Internet services to their customers are looking for their basic needs. One of the main ways to hear the voice of customers is the quality function deployment approach. This study has been conducted in one of the companies providing Internet services in Iran. In the process of study, first, the needs of customers were identified. Then analytic hierarchy process method and quality function deployment approach were used to implement the needs in Internet services. The results of study indicated that “appropriate price for the provided services was the most important needs of customers and among engineering characteristics, “utilizing expert, motivated, and skilled employees was in the highest priorities. So, more focus on these important factors play crucial role in achieving success. Manuscript profile

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66 - Presenting a Model for Evaluating and Ranking Fuel Stations Based on AHP Approach
Payam Hanafizade Seyyed Hassan Mousavi Mohammad Amin Nayebi

In this article, an evaluating model for ranking the fuel stations of N.I.O.P.D.C. is presented. The model was formulated based on one of MCDM techniques known as Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). More specifically, initially, we conducted a survey through administeri More

In this article, an evaluating model for ranking the fuel stations of N.I.O.P.D.C. is presented. The model was formulated based on one of MCDM techniques known as Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). More specifically, initially, we conducted a survey through administering a questionnaire to experts in order to identify the criteria for evaluating fuel stations. Then, we determined criteria weights using a questionnaire on the basis of AHP standard. We used a rating scale instead of direct pair wise comparisons among alternatives so that we could overcome the explosion in the number of required comparisons when the number of alternatives is excessively large. Then, we calculated global Weights of every criterion in each level and after that considering assigned rates by evaluators to every fuel station, the scores of every fuel station was eventually calculated. All of weights were calculated and run using EC software. To test the presented model, we evaluated four stations in Zanjan province. Manuscript profile

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67 - An analytical hierarchy process for suppliers' selection in an automotive industry
ali khatami firuz abadi rouhollah khodaverdi

Supplier selection and evaluation is increasingly studied as a critical decision in supply chain management. Various decision making approaches have been proposed to tackle this problem. Supplier selection is a complex multi criteria decision making problem including bo More

Supplier selection and evaluation is increasingly studied as a critical decision in supply chain management. Various decision making approaches have been proposed to tackle this problem. Supplier selection is a complex multi criteria decision making problem including both quantitative and qualitative factors rather than a single factor such as cost in a traditional way. This paper proposes Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), as one of the multi criteria decision making (MCDM) approaches, for selecting and rating potential suppliers in an automotive industry. MCDM methods are formal approaches to structure information and decision evaluation in problems with multiple, conflicting goals. AHP integrates experts’ opinions and evaluation scores, and devises the complex decision making system into a simple elementary hierarchy system. The evaluation method in terms of ratio scale is then employed to perform relative importance pair-wise comparison among every criterion. Finally, a realistic case study is presented in which an automobile manufacturer evaluates and ranks the suppliers of "coil spring" part of "Tiba" automobile based on several criteria of supply reliability.  Manuscript profile

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68 - A New Method for Calculating Priority Vector in Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process
Ali Mohtashami

This paper proposes a new approach for deriving priority vector of fuzzy comparison matrices. For this purpose, an optimization model is proposed. In order to solve the proposed model, a heuristic algorithm is proposed. The proposed method of this paper unlike many of t More

This paper proposes a new approach for deriving priority vector of fuzzy comparison matrices. For this purpose, an optimization model is proposed. In order to solve the proposed model, a heuristic algorithm is proposed. The proposed method of this paper unlike many of the previous studies, derive the crisp priority vector form fuzzy comparison matrices which eliminate the additional fuzzy procedures and fuzzy ranking. In order to illustrate the proposed method, this method is compared to two well-known methods of literature. The computational results show the higher quality of the proposed method. Manuscript profile

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69 - Identification of Organizational Factors Affecting the Development of Innovation in the AHP Fuzzy Suggestion System
Alireza Naser Sadrabadi Zahra Delshad

Today, the system of proposals in public and private organizations is proposed as a way out of the lack of progress in the organization in its own environment. In this research, by reviewing the theoretical literature and a survey of experts and experts, the factors and More

Today, the system of proposals in public and private organizations is proposed as a way out of the lack of progress in the organization in its own environment. In this research, by reviewing the theoretical literature and a survey of experts and experts, the factors and sub factors of the factors influencing the development of innovation in the system of suggestions were identified in the banks, which are: structure, culture, goals and strategies, management, staff and system Backup Then identified factors were ranked and evaluated. For this purpose, hierarchical analysis method as a decision technique is used in a fuzzy environment. The research is applied in terms of the purpose and in terms of information gathering, a descriptive correlation type. The survey population included 22 managers and experts of Bank City. Analysis of the data shows that the structural factor has the highest rank among the supporting factors and effective factors on the development of innovation in the organizational suggestion system. The results of this research can be used for banks that intend to plan for the development of innovation in an organizational proposal system. Manuscript profile

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70 - Fuzzy Multi-Objective Linear Programming for Project Management Decision under Uncertain Environment with AHP Based Weighted Average Method
Md. Sanowar Hossain Shahed Mahmud Md. Mosharraf Hossain

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71 - A Combined Fuzzy Logic and Analytical Hierarchy Process Method for Optimal Selection and Locating of Pedestrian Crosswalks
Mohammad Reza Ahadi Ali Reza Mahpour Vahid Taraghi

10.22094/joie.2017.458.0

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72 - Hybrid Techniques of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Location of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs): Shahr Bank Branches in Tehran, 1st District Municipality
Alireza Shahhoseini Mahdi Yousefinejad Attari

10.22094/joie.2017.706.1445

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73 - Influence of fuzzy Goal Programming in Production Optimization Case study: Cement Industry
Mahmoud Modiri Saeid Moheb Rabbani Hadi Heidari Gharebolagh

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74 - Analyzing the plan accommodation and constructing the buildings components by using analytical hierarchy process AHP, the case study of Qazvin province in Iran
Amir Hossen Hashemi Mohammad Reza Sadeghi Moghaddam Amir Yavari

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75 - Reasons of unauthorized use of artificial colors in food preparation with Analytical Hierarchy Process (orginal reserch article)
Reza Khosravi Mashizi مسعود Yunesian الهام Galavi

The unauthorized use of synthetic dyes in food has raised health concerns. Determining the reasons of unauthorized use of them can facilitate management and control actions and it also can be important step to protect the health of the community. A questionnaire on the More

The unauthorized use of synthetic dyes in food has raised health concerns. Determining the reasons of unauthorized use of them can facilitate management and control actions and it also can be important step to protect the health of the community. A questionnaire on the Analytic Hierarchy Process was used to collect views of 138 persons of food staff in Kerman and health experts about the reasons for unauthorized use of artificial colors. Both health experts and staff believed that the most important reason of unauthorized use of artificial colors is economic criteria and the second criterion is awareness. Although cheaper synthetic dyes and low public awareness were selected by experts as the most important sub-criteria, client friendly and low awareness of food staff were selected by food staff. Economy and low awareness are the most important criteria for the unauthorized use of synthetic dyes, so increasing public and food staff awareness can be useful to decline unauthorized use of synthetic dyes. Effective inspection and dealing decisively with offenders, food labeling and controlled distribution of synthetic dyes also can help management of health problems. Manuscript profile

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76 - Assess and Prioritizing Affecting Factors on Quality of Education in E-learning Environments Using Analytical Hierarchy Process Method
Akbar Rezazadeh Seyyed Davoud Hoseininasab Mohammadreza Sarmadi Mehran Farjollahi

The aim of this study was to evaluate and prioritize the different dimension of e-learning and criteria associated with them, using the analytic hierarchy process. To achieve this goal, library method and a description research method was used. The statistical populatio More

The aim of this study was to evaluate and prioritize the different dimension of e-learning and criteria associated with them, using the analytic hierarchy process. To achieve this goal, library method and a description research method was used. The statistical population of the study consisted of all references related to models, frameworks, standards related to the quality of web-based education and internal and external experiences. In addition, all scholars, experts, and specialists in e-learning centers and virtual universities in the country including the study population and members of the sample with respect to the objectives and research questions were selected of them purposefully. The tools data collection were questionnaire-made that its validity and reliability have been confirmed. Factors affecting the quality of education in electronic learning environments of the research literature identified and techniques AHP was used to prioritize them. Analysis of data using software export Choice showed that the share of institutional and managerial factors pedagogical and instructional design; technological factors; factors providing education and factors associated with support services in the quality of education in E-learning environments, respectively 26%; 24%; 20%; 18% and 12% were evaluated Manuscript profile

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77 - Identify Supply Chain Risks in the Detergent Industry and Rank it Using Analytical Hierarchy Process
majid motamedi mohammad hossein darvish motevalli

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78 - Evaluation of ecological capability of Babolrood basin for agriculture land use using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
‌امید Karami S.M Hoseini nasr حمید Jalilvand M.H Miryaghubzadeh

Today, agriculture is one of the main economic sections of the country and economic growth is not possible without agricultural growth. Since agricultural land use requires specific environmental conditions, researchers and experts have paid special attention to the lan More

Today, agriculture is one of the main economic sections of the country and economic growth is not possible without agricultural growth. Since agricultural land use requires specific environmental conditions, researchers and experts have paid special attention to the land use evaluation for rational development of agricultural and determination of suitable area for agriculture is very important. Regarding the importance of subject, in this study suitable area for agricultural land use in Babolrood Basin-Mazandaran province evaluated. Thus, in first step, criteria and sub-criteria determined. Then by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and with help of expert's knowledge, criteria and sub-criteria weighted, then the weights integrated with related maps using weighted linear combination technique in GIS environment and final map of agriculture capability provided. Results showed that 3.57 percent of the study area has first-class potential, 8.2, 16.19, and 2.51 percent of the study area has 2, 3 and 4 class's capability for agriculture respectively. Also 69.53 percent of the basin is unsuitable for agriculture. Manuscript profile

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79 - Resistance Analysis of three Forest Reserves of Semirom (Esfahan province)
محسن Elahi مسلم Akbarinia

  Nowadays, many countries and governments are finding alternatives for sustainable management for theirs forest resources. It is a must to consider available forest resource in point of permanent criteria, in order to get this important issue. For comparison of f More

  Nowadays, many countries and governments are finding alternatives for sustainable management for theirs forest resources. It is a must to consider available forest resource in point of permanent criteria, in order to get this important issue. For comparison of forest reserves(Chalghafa, Daghbashi and Tang Khoshk) of Semirom,Esfahan province, obtaining the resource of sustainable management make more easier. According to permanent standards and resource sites priority for comprising of this forest reserves 8 criteria to be considered such as extent ,biodiversity, health and survival, product roles, erosion, socio – economical issues, legal criterion, organizational guideline and quality. These criteria are included overall 19 sub criteria. So Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods (MCDMM) has used because of problem complexity. The hierarchical formed in the 4 levels that is purpose, criteria, sub criteria and options. Some of the criteria and as a result some sub criteria were qualitative. For accessing integrated and logical results, we benefit specialist cooperation . The results showed that socio – economical problem are more important than the other criteria in priority. Also, final results of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) indicated that Chalghafa forest reserve in respect of sustainable forest management is in a higher situation than Daghbashi and Tang Khoshk forest reserves. According to obtained  results, it is suggested that Chalghafa forest reserve site would be considered as a symbol area. Other yard sticks that to be exposed by human, we should change other forest resources or city’s forest reserves corresponding to this resource sites so it causes to sustainable forest management. Manuscript profile

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80 - Earthquake hazard zoning using Geographical Information System (Case Study: Tabriz metropolis)
حجت اله پاشاپور Ramin Gorbani Ebrahim Farhadi abbas doorudinia

Iran is one of the most vulnerable countries in the field of natural disasters, especially earthquakes. Being placed on the Alpine - Himalayan orogeny belt and the presence of active geologic and plateau have all made the earthquake as a potential danger. Meanwhile, sin More

Iran is one of the most vulnerable countries in the field of natural disasters, especially earthquakes. Being placed on the Alpine - Himalayan orogeny belt and the presence of active geologic and plateau have all made the earthquake as a potential danger. Meanwhile, since most of Iran's population live in metropolitan areas, this fact has raised the need for safer urban spaces. One of the most important urban spaces in this regard is Tabriz. The location of this city on the active faults of the region, especially the Tabriz fault, calls for the adoption of urban safety approaches. This article in terms of target is applied and the method is a descriptive - analytical one. To conduct this research, the hierarchy analysis process and Arc GIS software have been used. In this regard, 12 criteria were identified and processed in both natural and human sections and an earthquake risk map was prepared. In this regard, 12 criteria were processed in two distinct natural and human sections and an earthquake risk map was prepared. The results showed that the central, west, and southwestern regions with an area of 13969.6 hectares (more than the half city's area), 59.3 percent of the city, are in high risk of seismic zone and are quite susceptible to earthquakes. Only the northern parts of the city are secured from the earthquake; but considering the fact that the depth and domain of the earthquake are not limited to a specific area, the earthquake in the northern city may occur too. Therefore, the commitment to construction regulations, location of urban development, living spaces, and activities in this metropolis are all important factors. Manuscript profile

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81 - The Measurement of Environmental Resilience In the District 14 of Tehran
Hooshang Hendi naser eghbali rahim sarvar Zahra Pishgahi Fard

Today, environmental issues have become one of the most important challenges for urban planners, and unbridled urban development has added to their complexity. Resiliency approach planning can, in all respects, create the capacity to deal with the turbulent future. The More

Today, environmental issues have become one of the most important challenges for urban planners, and unbridled urban development has added to their complexity. Resiliency approach planning can, in all respects, create the capacity to deal with the turbulent future. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental resilience of neighborhoods in the district 14 of Tehran. In principle, 23 neighborhoods have been investigated by selecting five environmental indicators. The five indicators were ranked by 30 urban planning experts through hierarchical analyzes of AHP, and then the Gray Relationship Analysis of the status and location of neighborhoods in the district 14 were analyzed concerning each indicator. Finally, the normal line of 0.714 was drawn as the final score in all indices, indicating that 12 neighborhoods had a low resilience. Based on the obtained results, the environmental resilience is reduced while moving towards the western and southwest neighborhoods,. This is in harmony with the texture and population density of the region. Therefore, urban planners need to understand the consequences and environmental costs of physical development rather than physical development itself. Today, environmental issues have become one of the most important challenges for urban planners, and unbridled urban development has added to their complexity. Resiliency approach planning can, in all respects, create the capacity to deal with the turbulent future. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental resilience of neighborhoods in the district 14 of Tehran. In principle, 23 neighborhoods have been investigated by selecting five environmental indicators. The five indicators were ranked by 30 urban planning experts through hierarchical analyzes of AHP, and then the Gray Relationship Analysis of the status and location of neighborhoods in the district 14 were analyzed concerning each indicator. Finally, the normal line of 0.714 was drawn as the final score in all indices, indicating that 12 neighborhoods had a low resilience. Based on the obtained results, the environmental resilience is reduced while moving towards the western and southwest neighborhoods,. This is in harmony with the texture and population density of the region. Therefore, urban planners need to understand the consequences and environmental costs of physical development rather than physical development itself. Manuscript profile

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82 - Locating the optimal model of urban green space using Fuzzy Logic and AHP,By GIS. Case study: the city of Mashhad
Davod Hatami Zahra Arabi Esmail Rahmani

Today, with respect to the role and importance of urban green space in urban life and its physical stability and effectiveness of urban systems and benefits in different ecological, social and economic, it is undeniable  to use green space per capita in urban areas More

Today, with respect to the role and importance of urban green space in urban life and its physical stability and effectiveness of urban systems and benefits in different ecological, social and economic, it is undeniable  to use green space per capita in urban areas as one of the basic issues in planning and urban management. Urban green space, including land use and distribution that it is important in the Mashhad city, including the cities of the status of green space, is not appropriate; so that based on the findings, the average green space per capita in Mashhad is 5.51, m , while the standard MHUD is 12 square meters per capita . Therefore, it has suggested, there seems to exist a huge gap. However, its spatial distribution is very unbalanced and disproportionate. Green space areas such as Samen with 1.2, square meters and 21 square meters has per capita area of only seven. The method of this study was descriptive-analytic and theoretical-practical. The  nature shows that, contrary to national and international standards for green space, the green space in the city is very low and its spatial distribution in twelve areas in Mashhad, is also facing a severe failure and is not balanced in this regard. In this study for analysis to determine the optimum location of green space model layers required Logic Fuzzy, AHP and means nearest neighbor were used for the operation of the software of ARC / GIS and Expert choice. Five spectra of very good, good, fair, poor and very poor were recognized. Then the act of prioritizing was rendered. Manuscript profile

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83 - Improving the Efficiency of Actual Distribution System by Allocating Multi-DG and DSTATCOM
Masoud Alilou Sajad Sadi Saeed Zamanian Javad Gholami Shahab Moshari

Optimal allocation of distributed generation units and DFACTS affects the efficiency of these devices; for this reason, in this article, the simultaneous placement of distributed generation and Distributed-STATic-COMpensator (DSTATCOM) are done in the distribution syste More

Optimal allocation of distributed generation units and DFACTS affects the efficiency of these devices; for this reason, in this article, the simultaneous placement of distributed generation and Distributed-STATic-COMpensator (DSTATCOM) are done in the distribution system. The load model is considered as a combination of various customers’ daily load patterns and sensitive to voltage-frequency. The micro turbine, wind turbine, photovoltaic and fuel cell are considered as DG units. The objective functions of the problem consist of the technical index (the voltage stability and the active and reactive power loss) and environmental index (the amount of pollutant DG unit’s gas emissions). The whale optimisation algorithm (WOA) is used to multi-objective optimize the location and capacity of devices. After applying the multi-objective WOA, the analytical hierarchy process is utilized to select one of the Pareto optimal solutions as the best location and size of devices. The proposed algorithm is implemented on the 69-bus distribution system and actual 101-bus distribution system in Khoy–Iran. The results indicate the significant effect of load models and various DG units on the efficiency of the distribution system in the presence of DSTATCOM. Moreover, the indices of the distribution system are improved considerably after applying the proposed method. Manuscript profile

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84 - Desirability study of green space in Yazd city using multi-criteria decision making model
Mohammadreza Zareh Zardeini Mohammad Hassanzadeh Nafooti

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85 - Identifying and Ranking the Influential Factors on E-Citizenship Readiness in Iran Using FAHP Approach
Rahim Ghasemiyeh Khodakaram Salimifard Kobra Mokhtari

In Islamic-Iranian citizen’s area, the fundamental objective in &lrm;Perspective Document for Iran has been defined as "to meet religious democratic society with the use of IT in order to facilitate and achieve social justice, promotion of life quality, and citize More

In Islamic-Iranian citizen’s area, the fundamental objective in &lrm;Perspective Document for Iran has been defined as "to meet religious democratic society with the use of IT in order to facilitate and achieve social justice, promotion of life quality, and citizens' moral and scientific virtues development. Using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) approach, this research, focusing on five dimensions, namely technological, legal, managerial, cultural and educational infrastructures, intended to classify influential criteria in enabling e-citizens. The research method was descriptive survey and structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Results indicated that technological infrastructures were of greater importance than the others. Also, among the sub-criteria, factors such as internet networks and bandwidth extension, charter and regulations compilation in IT area, the existence of expert and experienced IT managers, privacy security awareness increase, providing infrastructures for schools (software and hardware), number of IT experts, and interaction training in internet were recognized, respectively, as enabling factors in e-citizens training. Manuscript profile

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86 - Ranking the Social Network-Based Designing Educational Tools Components in Schools Based on Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
Somayeh Kazemi Sarmeli Babak Teimoorpour

The purpose of this research was ranking the components of educational tools based on social network in schools using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in order to be able to use social network tools to increase productivity in the process of education at virtual schoo More

The purpose of this research was ranking the components of educational tools based on social network in schools using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in order to be able to use social network tools to increase productivity in the process of education at virtual schools. The research method was descriptive survey. The sample included 59 male and female experts and the audience (students, teachers and principals) with the age range of 18 to 45 at Roodbar City schools. The data gathering tool was a questionnaire performed based on AHP in 2013. Analysis was done by Expert Choice software. The results showed that among the six original criteria including performance management, performance effectiveness evaluation, security, interactions management, data and processes, both "management performance" and "performance effectiveness evaluation" were assigned as the highest priority for learning-teaching process. Also privacy and security were both equally important, which indicated that maintaining security should be the top priority in e-learning process in virtual schools. Other important measures included data management, interaction and process. The least priority was process management because many of its indexes are included in the present educational system and are being used in all schools of the country. Manuscript profile

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87 - Evaluation and Prioritization of types of Interaction and Participation in E-learning Environment using Hierarchical Analysis Process (AHP)
yosef khademi sadraddin sattari

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and prioritize different types of interaction in e-learning environment and its related criteria using hierarchical analysis process technique. To achieve this goal, library research and descriptive survey method were used. The More

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and prioritize different types of interaction in e-learning environment and its related criteria using hierarchical analysis process technique. To achieve this goal, library research and descriptive survey method were used. The research population consisted of all sources related to different patterns and types of interaction in e-learning environment based on internal and external experiences. In addition, all the experts, experts and practitioners of e-learning centers active in schools, education department and Islamic Azad University of Ardabil also included the research community and the sample members were purposefully selected according to the research objectives and questions. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire using the Harvard E-learning Acceptance Questionnaire with validity and reliability of 93% reliability. Interaction methods in e-learning environments were applied to prioritize research literature and interview with professors, identifying and hierarchical analysis process techniques. The findings of the study showed that the share of teacher-student interaction variables with 32%, student-content 23% and teacher-content 16% had the highest impact factor on students' learning and interaction satisfaction and participation in the process, respectively. Manuscript profile

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88 - یک ایده جدید در علوم دامی: نخستین کاربرد مدل AHP در انتخاب بهترین گاو شیری
س. علی‌تنه ح. نعیمی پور م. گل شیخی

سیستمهای پرورش گاو شیری در سراسر جهان با توجه به امکانات و همکاری دیگر بخش‌های مرتبط، در نهایت سعی دارند تا با رفع صحیح مسائل و مشکلات این بخش، انتظارات گسترده و رو به رشد را برآورده نمایند. اما در این خصوص تنوع و تعدد مسائل، مشکلات و از سویی دیگر، به علت وجود محدودیت‌ه More

سیستمهای پرورش گاو شیری در سراسر جهان با توجه به امکانات و همکاری دیگر بخش‌های مرتبط، در نهایت سعی دارند تا با رفع صحیح مسائل و مشکلات این بخش، انتظارات گسترده و رو به رشد را برآورده نمایند. اما در این خصوص تنوع و تعدد مسائل، مشکلات و از سویی دیگر، به علت وجود محدودیت‌های فراوانی نظیر محدودیت‌های زمانی، نیروی انسانی، منابع مالی و غیره قادر به پاسخگویی کامل و همه جانبه نمی باشند. لذا ضرورت بهینه‌سازی توان پاسخگویی سیستم‌های پرورشی از طریق اولویت‌بندی معیارها و برنامه‌ها به عنوان یک چالش جدی و اساسی همواره پیش روی متخصصین و پرورش دهندگان قرار دارد. در این مقاله به معرفی فرآیند تحلیل سلسله مراتبی (ahp) به عنوان یکی از روش‌های مشهور تصمیم‌گیری چند شاخصه و نیز چگونگی ترکیب شاخص‌های کمی و کیفی در اولویت‌بندی انتخاب گاوشیری مورد نظر پرداخته شد. این مقاله برای نخستین بار در جهان از طریق مدل ahp و نرم افزار Expert Choice در گاو شیری استفاده گردید. در این مقاله از نظرات کارشناسان برای انتخاب بهترین گاوشیری از میان 10 گاوشیری هلشتاین مورد مطالعه و براساس اهمیت آنها استفاده گردید. گاوهای شیری در این تحقیق همگی 4ساله، دو دوره شیردهی کامل 305 روز و در سومین دوره شیردهی بودند. سپس پرسشنامه‌های کارشناسان جمع‌آوری و به وسیله نرم افزارExpert Choice11.1  آنالیز گردید. در پایان نیز، یک آنالیز حساسیت برای بررسی حساسیت نهایی تصمیمات در قضاوت صورت گرفت. بر اساس نتایج حاصله شاخص‌های میزان تولید شیر، درصد چربی شیر، درصد پروتئین شیر، تعداد سلول‌های سوماتیک شیر و وزن بدن حیوان به ترتیب، با ضرایب اهمیت 437/0، 234/0، 134/0، 090/0 و 104/0 اولویت‌های مدنظر کارشناسان را تشکیل دادند. به علاوه، در این مقاله، با استفاده از نظر متخصصین، انتخاب بهترین گاو شیری از بین 10 گاو شیری مورد بررسی، اولویت‌بندی بر اساس گاوی با ویژگی‌های تولید شیر بالا، درصد چربی شیر مناسب، درصد پروتئین شیر مناسب، تعداد سلول‌های سوماتیک پایین و وزن مناسب بدن تعیین شدند. که به ترتیب، گاوهای A(099/0)، B(101/0)، C(098/0)، D(096/0)، E(095/0)، F(102/0)، G(120/0)، H(073/0)، I(107/0) و J(109/0) دارای بیشترین ارزش کلی بودند. بطوریکه در نهایت، بر اساس روش‌های دلفی و رکوردگیری، همچنین براساس میزان اهمیت صفات، گاو شیری (G) به عنوان گاو شیری مطلوب و مورد تأیید مشخص گردید. بدین ترتیب در آینده روش ahp در علوم دامی بسیار مفید واقع خواهد گردید. Manuscript profile

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89 - Electronic Resources Validation on the Web Using Analytical Hierarchy Process
Mohanna Farzin Zahra Jahanbin

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90 - On the Analysis of the Function and Role of Natural Factors in Locating and Physical Development of City (Case study: Kamyaran City)
Mohammad Sedigh Ghorbani Masood Alimoradi Farzad Veysi Ramin Ghorbani

Physical development of Kamyaran city and how to deal with various natural and geomorphic units, including hills, rivers, old alluviums and fault lines have brought important issues and challenges. This study seeks to identify factors influencing the location and develo More

Physical development of Kamyaran city and how to deal with various natural and geomorphic units, including hills, rivers, old alluviums and fault lines have brought important issues and challenges. This study seeks to identify factors influencing the location and development of Kamyaran and regarding these factors provide an appropriate model for the future development of this city. This study is applied and descriptive-analytical research in term of objective and method, respectively. In this study field observation, aerial photos, satellite imagery (Landsat) and DEM 27 meters were used to extract much of the information and maps in the GIS software. Data sets were examined and analyzed in Analytical Hierarchy Model. According to the results, almost 33% of the Kamyaran current limits were built in areas with optimal fit. Lands with the proportion of medium and low fitness are in next priority, correspondingly. Constructed parts of the city on the foothills Pir Mohammad and its surrounding areas, around Kamyaran river and Hassil Qader creek, as well as Gla Charmo and the hills in eastern part of the Kamyaran River, where phase 3 of Be'sat county and some parts of phase 1 has been constructed, all together show the ignorance of natural factors. The reason for this situation further is due to the willing of land owners and the interests of early migrants to settle on the roadside to their migration origin. Finally, it should be noted that based on the analysis of hierarchical model, within 34 square kilometers which was considered around the city, nearly 29 percent of its area, has high and very high proportion for development, which are located in the Northeast, Northwest, West and Southwest of the current position of Kamyaran city. Manuscript profile

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91 - Site Selection for the Waste Landfills the City of Eyvan-e Gharb ILam Province
azim alishaei fariba hemmati

Introduction: With the growth of population and urbanization, the urban managers are concerned with optimal waste management besides problems such as traffics, various types of pollutions, slums, etc. Nowadays the development of cities, growth of income average and welf More

Introduction: With the growth of population and urbanization, the urban managers are concerned with optimal waste management besides problems such as traffics, various types of pollutions, slums, etc. Nowadays the development of cities, growth of income average and welfare of society, and accelerated social and economic developments in the countries have led to a rapid increase in waste production, and a change in the consumption pattern resulted in a change in the quality of solid waste.Research Aim: Site Selection for the Waste Landfills the City of Eyvan-e Gharb.Methodology: In the present study, the required maps and information were collected from various resources and transformed into data layers to be used in the ArcGIS software environment with respect to the effective factors in site selection. AHP was employed as a decision-making technique due to its prevalent and effective application for assessing the suitability for landfill.Studied Areas: The city of Eyvan location falls at 33° 50' N, 46° 20'.Results: The Criteria for this study are as follows: Land use, soil type and land capability, quality and depth of groundwater, geology, the intensity of rainfall, heights, grading, distance from the city, distance from the village, distance from the fault, distance from the river, distance from the road, distance from power transition lines, distance from well and fountain, distance from protected areas.Conclusion: The most suitable location included 7.98% of the area of the region. Manuscript profile

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92 - The analysis of Ecotourism potential in Boujagh wetland with AHP method
بهمن رمضانی طیبه قائمی راد

Analysis of ecotourism potential can be the first step in identifying the potentials and        limitations for the usage of deliberate and regional planning and tourism development of       opportunities More

Analysis of ecotourism potential can be the first step in identifying the potentials and        limitations for the usage of deliberate and regional planning and tourism development of       opportunities to create good atmosphere and one of the best ways for preventing the        destruction of natural environments and their conservation. Boujagh wetlands which is   located  in  Guilan and in the estuaries of Sefidrud, due to its impressive variety of birds, beautiful landscapes, desirable climate, proximity to population centers and convenient     access is hosted too many tourism annually. The research aims to identify opportunities and ecotourism potentials of Boujagh and using AHP for the development of widespread and centralized tourism and helping to preserve the environment. Method is based on hybrid methods, descriptive and analytical –and the AHP model. The results show  that according to the criteria's preferences in the development of centralized ecotourism,714 hectares area equal to approximately 21% have desired power, 237 hectares, equivalent to approx. mately 7 percent have average power, and 2329 hectares, equivalent to approximately 67 percent have unfavorable power in order to development of centralized ecotourism. According to the index, the whole area study has extensive usability in order to development of         widespread ecotourism. Manuscript profile

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93 - Improving the Ecological Sustainability by Applying the Appropriate Cultivars of Rice: Using AHP
Hadi Moumeni-Helali Amir Ahmadpour Alireza Poursaeed

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94 - Investigating and Prioritizing the Dimensions of Socio-Political Behavior of Managers Using the Fuzzy Hierarchy Process Analysis (FAHP)
Amir Rezaei Naser Poorsadeq Rashid Zolfaghari zaaferani

The purpose of the present study is to present a multi-index fuzzy multi-index combinational model for identifying dimensions and indicators of behavioral behavior of senior managers of Mashkan banks in Tehran's branches using Delphi technique and weighting and prioriti More

The purpose of the present study is to present a multi-index fuzzy multi-index combinational model for identifying dimensions and indicators of behavioral behavior of senior managers of Mashkan banks in Tehran's branches using Delphi technique and weighting and prioritizing dimensions and indicators using the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process. The statistical population consists of 20 senior managers of Mashkan Bank with at least 10 years of executive and managerial experience. In order to have appropriate tools for assessing the importance of the dimensions and dimensions of political behavior, after studying the articles and researches of past researchers about the dimensions and indices of effective and with a fuzzy Delphi technique were extracted. Using the triangular fuzzy spectrum of the clock, the pairwise matrix of the key factors was evaluated by the experts. Then, using Chang's fuzzy hierarchical process technique, we investigated the dimensions of the research. The results of the weighting on the dimensions of political behavior of senior managers of Maskan Bank with the process of fuzzy hierarchy analysis showed that the dimension of the job attitudes first rank and the dimensions of the work outcomes, organizational dimensions and the dimension of the personal characteristics of the second to fourth rank. Similarly, weighting and rating were made for indicators. Manuscript profile

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95 - Improvement in GIS-based DRASTIC model using statistical methods and analytical hierarchy process, case study: Hamedan-Bahar plain, west of Iran
علی اکبر متکان Hamidreza Naseri Zohreh Ostadhashemi

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96 - Modeling and development of a decision support system for supplier selection in the process industry
Pandian Pitchipoo Ponnusamy Venkumar Sivaprakasam Rajakarunakaran

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97 - Efficacy of fuzzy MADM approach in Six Sigma analysis phase in automotive sector
Rajeev Rathi Dinesh Khanduja S. K. Sharma

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98 - Measuring and Priorities of service Quality with ServQual and AHP in Iran Khodro,s Training center
GH.A Poresfadan A.A SHojaie مهران SHiri

Due to the intense competition,globalization and explosion of tecnology in recent years factors including quality have emerged as the dominating factors of competitive advantage.Companies currently must operate within a dynamic environment of fierce competition.To survi More

Due to the intense competition,globalization and explosion of tecnology in recent years factors including quality have emerged as the dominating factors of competitive advantage.Companies currently must operate within a dynamic environment of fierce competition.To survive in this environment,the companies should improve thier products and services.Iran Khodro as the largest company in car industries in Iran needs to improve the quality of its products.For improving the quakity of products and services the companies,in general,must train thier staff.In this study the researchers aim to evaluate and prioritize the iran khodro,s training services. This research introduces an integrated method for measuring and prioritizing the service quality and the effective factors in Iran Khodro,s training center through ServQual and Analytical Hierarchy process(AHP).In this method ,first suitable factors for assessment of the service quality have been identified based on Servqual Model(customer,s option) and AHP to prioritize the fctors based on customer,s opttion to improve the future plans. Finally this research presents several suggestions for the other researchers who desire to investigate in this area and introduces practical suggestions to promote the service quality of iran Khodro,s training center. Manuscript profile

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99 - Environmental Risk Assessment of Balaroud Dam of Khuzestan`s construction Using Analytical Hierarchy Process
S. A. Jozi S. M. Hosseini M. Tabib Shoshtare

This study attempts to determine and assess the Risks due Construction of Balaroud Dam.After the recognition of the activities and the environment of the field under the study with regard to the magnitude of the effects, the likelihood of the possible consequences for h More

This study attempts to determine and assess the Risks due Construction of Balaroud Dam.After the recognition of the activities and the environment of the field under the study with regard to the magnitude of the effects, the likelihood of the possible consequences for humans, the environment and the working equipments were identified and the classification of the risks based on the delfi method was conducted and the risk-creating factors were classified naturally, biophysically, and anthropogenically. The methodology used was analytical Hierarchy Process. After the creation of the hierarchy of risks; paired comparison matrices were formed with regard to the risk of danger and effect magnitude. Moreover, to obtain the relative and final weight of each of these factors, preferences amounts were given to the expert choice software. results show that cut and fills with the final weight of 0. 277 is the most import risk in the region. Also, drilling and explosion with the final weights of 0.60 and 0.111 are of second and third priority. Other factors are lower in priority. Measures to control and reduce risks are alsoprovided. Manuscript profile

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100 - Environmental risk evaluation of the exploitation of the lake in twenty second region of Tehran by using MADM multi criteria decision
M. Heidari S. Rezayan R. Nezakati

Synthetic man-made Persian Gulf Martyrs Lake in the North-West of Tehran, in the 22nd region, with a volume of 10 million cubic meters, an area of 224 hectares and an average depth of 10 meters, is the largest man-made lake in Iran. In this study to assess the risks ari More

Synthetic man-made Persian Gulf Martyrs Lake in the North-West of Tehran, in the 22nd region, with a volume of 10 million cubic meters, an area of 224 hectares and an average depth of 10 meters, is the largest man-made lake in Iran. In this study to assess the risks arising from the exploitation phase of Persian Gulf Martyrs Lake, multi-criteria decision making, MADM, was used. In this regard, the risks of exploitation using questionnaire, were also analyzed using SPSS software and TOPSIS method. For the risk factors and prioritization of the risks of the lake, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used. In this method, for the hierarchical structure analysis of the risks of the lake, matrix pair comparison was performed using pairwise comparison of each of the criteria options and in relation to each other. Finally, to determine the probability of occurrence of each risk, Expert Choice software was used; also using FMEA logic, the results were assessed. Based on the results, it was found that in the physical & chemical environment, impact on ground water and sedimentation was the most important risk factor and eutrophication was identified as the most important biological risk. Manuscript profile

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101 - Comparison Research on Buy- back and Production Sharing Contracts in Upstream projects of Oil and Gas Industry of Iran
Hooshang Momeni Vesalian Hojatolla Ghanimi Fard Mohammad Mahmuodi

Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), this research compares Buy-back and Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) together to find the optimum contractual method in finance and project implementation in oil-upstream section for both independent and Iranian joint fiel More

Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), this research compares Buy-back and Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) together to find the optimum contractual method in finance and project implementation in oil-upstream section for both independent and Iranian joint fields. The most important decision-making criteria for making contracts in upstream section of oil and gas industry are classified to "Before" and "After" contract approval. The criteria were selected by Delphi method. To do this research, two questioners were filled out by professionals in oil industry in two stages and the data was analyzed by EC software. The analysis of data indicates that the PSCs are preferable than Buy-back contracts in both independent fields (76.56) and joint fields (73.46). Manuscript profile

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102 - Mapping Natural Resources Vulnerability to Droughts Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making and GIS (Case Study: Kashkan Basin Lorestan Province, Iran)
Elyas Khezri Rahim Maleknia Hossein Zeinivand Ziaodin Badehin

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103 - Development of Operational Strategies for Branding Ferula assa- foetida L. Medicinal Plant (Case study: Rangelands of Kerman Province, Iran)
Mersad Borjoeifar Sedigheh Nabieyan Mohammad Reza Zare Mehrjerdi Amir Saadatfar

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104 - Assessment of Land Use Changes in Miandoab Rangelands by GIS and AHP
Nafiseh Rezapour Andabili Mahsa Safaripour

10.30495/rs.2022.683556

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105 - Vulnerability Analysis of Flood in Rangelands Using Multi Criteria Decision Analysis and Geographic Information System (Case Study: Gilard Basin, Damavand, Iran(
Ali Akbar Damavandi Mahdi Panahi

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106 - Multi-Criteria Evaluation Model for Desertification Hazard Zonation mapping Using GIS (Study Area: Trouti Watershed, Golestan, Iran)
Armin Mashayekhan Farhad Honardoust

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107 - Identifying and Ranking Business and Information Technology Alignment Challenges: A Strategy for Strategic Alignment (Case Study: Southern Steel Company)
Faramarz Khaleghi Mohammad Ebrahim Mohammadpoor Zarandi

Abstract:The purpose of the present study was to identify and rank business alignment challenges with Information Technology: a strategy for strategic alignment. Statistical population consisted of ten managers and experts of South Steel Company regarding strategic plan More

Abstract:The purpose of the present study was to identify and rank business alignment challenges with Information Technology: a strategy for strategic alignment. Statistical population consisted of ten managers and experts of South Steel Company regarding strategic planning and information technologies. A paired comparisons questionnaire was used to collect and to gathering the data, which included six business alignment challenges with information technology (IT) . Hierarchical analysis process was used to analyze the data.The results showed that lack of facilities for performing activities of relative weight (0.308), Lack of board support and relative weight (0.254), Lack of a separate unit for enterprise-wide planning with relative weight (0.163), Lack of appropriate Information Technology (IT) skills and strategies with relative weight (0.134). Failure to evaluate organization readiness with relative weight (0.081). And not using information technology (IT) to gain strategic competitive advantage with a relative weight (.053) ranks first to sixth. Manuscript profile

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108 - Investigating the capabilities of the cultural attractions and presenting the sustainable development strategies Case study: Sheykh Safi Al-din Ardibil
mohammad alizadeh hojat derkhshan sonai azhari

Tourism is the leading service in the world today. However, in this era, limited resources and the necessity of employing sustainable development create a new challenge facing with destination management organizations. Therefore, strategic management systems and priorit More

Tourism is the leading service in the world today. However, in this era, limited resources and the necessity of employing sustainable development create a new challenge facing with destination management organizations. Therefore, strategic management systems and prioritizing the key factors seems necessary to gain sustainable competitive advantage, which is considerable challenge for tourism organizations. In this regard, the core attraction as motivation and tourism products as well as the supply side of the industry are of great importance. This essay can be assumed as an efficient and practical guidance for attractions development strategies. The policy makers and tourism authority implement SWOT and Delphi techniques in order to supply scientific and practical strategies for site development. To prioritize the determined strategies, AHP model is used as well. The method of this study is cross-functional in nature. Ardabil region and Sheikh Safi al-din has been selected as a case study. The results of the information gathered indicates that the competitive advantage strategy, compared to the four strategies weights more. Manuscript profile

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109 - Portfolio optimization with Fraction of Expectation to Risk of future financial strength based on Eigen Vector of Pairwise Comparisons Matrix
Keikhosro Yakideh Gholamreza Mahfoozi Mahshid Goodarzi

The aim of this study is to propose a new method for portfolio optimization based on financial ratios. In this method, cross efficiency scores are produced from financial ratios, using Data Envelopment Analysis. Mathematical interpretation of these cross efficiency scor More

The aim of this study is to propose a new method for portfolio optimization based on financial ratios. In this method, cross efficiency scores are produced from financial ratios, using Data Envelopment Analysis. Mathematical interpretation of these cross efficiency scores that allocates several score to each company is efficiency of company in probably future situations. Efficiency scores calculated based on proper financial ratios can be considered as financial strength. Thus cross efficiency scores produced from financial ratios, can be considered as potential financial strength. As future is not clear, potential financial strength can be presented in expectation and risk indices that are mean and variance of cross efficiencies. Fraction of expectation to risk for potential financial strengths can be used as a criterion for pairwise comparison of companies. Eigenvector associated with the biggest eigenvalue of pairwise comparison matrix reflects relative importance weights of companies. This paper proposes relative importance weights of companies as a basis for portfolio optimization.  Based on sharp index Performance of proposed method is acceptable and better than marker portfolio and portfolio of one similar method.  Manuscript profile

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110 - Prioritizing the financial components of capital investment in the industrial sector of Lorestan province using Analytical Hierarchy process (AHP)
Mohsen Nazari Farsani Hamid Karamian Ali Moridiyan Pirdoosti

 Industry is not only a conventional path for development,but as one of the results of globalization, it can be an accelerator for development.. In this regard, the industry has caused economic dynamism and vitality in many regions of the world, but it should be ke More

 Industry is not only a conventional path for development,but as one of the results of globalization, it can be an accelerator for development.. In this regard, the industry has caused economic dynamism and vitality in many regions of the world, but it should be kept in mind that accelerated and unplanned development will also have more negative consequences. The financial market of the industry has a significant importance due to the effective role it plays in providing the financial resources and capital needed for investment and development of the industry sector. Therefore, this research was conducted in 2017 using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and by completing 10 questionnaires from the experts of the ministry of industry, mining and trade with the aim of prioritizing the financial components of capital investment in the industrial sector of Lorestan province. The results showed that among the components affecting investment in the industrial sector, attention to the private sector, injecting liquidity into the financial markets, updating financial and credit institutions, creating financial consulting centers, diversification in financial and credit institutions, and super-specialization Financial and credit institutions, respectively, have had the highest degree of importance. The maximum rate of consistency in this research is estimated to be 0.98, which indicates that the level of consistency in judgments is favorable. Therefore, it is suggested to reduce the reliance of investors on the financial resources of banks by providing the financial resources needed by investors through the expansion of financial and stock markets as well as the expansion of active investment companies."                                                         Manuscript profile

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111 - Applying Concept of Rough Set Theory with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods to Evaluate and Select the Most Appropriate Maintenance Strategy
Mohammad Sabet Motlagh

  The main purpose of this study is to evaluate different maintenance strategies for machinery and equipment. We attempt to select the most appropriate maintenance strategy for increasing availability and reliability levels of production facilities without a great More

  The main purpose of this study is to evaluate different maintenance strategies for machinery and equipment. We attempt to select the most appropriate maintenance strategy for increasing availability and reliability levels of production facilities without a great increasing of investment. Since the nature of maintenance strategy selection is a multi-criteria problem, so decision makers to evaluation of criteria and alternatives using of uncertain preferences. Therefore, in this study we will use the concept of Rough set theory that are efficient in such circumstances. In fact, in this study first we will use confirmatory factor analysis to evaluating of research criteria and factors and then we will use the concept of Rough theory to convert preferences of decision makers to interval numbers and Multi-criteria decision-making methods (Rough AHP & Rough Topsis) for evaluating and ranking the maintenance strategies. It is noteworthy that in this paper, TOPSIS method with Rough data has been developed. finally, in order to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method, we have used it in a case. The results show that using such model can help decision makers to make better decisions in the absence of full information. Manuscript profile

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112 - Identifying and prioritizing the factors influencing industrial waste management using Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP)
mina moeeni Ghasemali Omrani Nematallah Khorasani Reza Arjomandi

10.22034/ap.2020.1907209.1075

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113 - Implementation of Analytical Hierarchy Process to Prioritize Health, Safety and Environment Risks of Hydrocarbon-Rich Sludge in South Pars Gas Complex-First Refinery, Iran
Mehdi Khezri Maryam Farahani Saeed Motahhari Bita Azadbakht

10.22034/ap.2022.1970981.1137

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