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        1 - A Multi-layer Architecture Based on MCDM Methods to Select the Best E-Readiness Assessment Model According to SWOT Analysis
        Mina Sadat Mousavi Kasravi Mohammad Ahmadinia Abbas Rezaiee
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        2 - Design and formulation of strategic human resource planning model using fuzzy multi-criteria decision making methods (Case study; Iran Production Development Bank)
        seyyed mohmad tabatabayfar masoud haghighi mohmadali jafari
        Background: Strategic human resource planning is a process to establish human resource goals and develop human resource strategies to achieve goals and policies through mobilization, development and maintenance of human resources and includes internal and external influ More
        Background: Strategic human resource planning is a process to establish human resource goals and develop human resource strategies to achieve goals and policies through mobilization, development and maintenance of human resources and includes internal and external influencing factors.                                                        Objective: In this regard, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing and developing a strategic human resource planning model in the Export Development Bank of Iran using multi-fuzzy multi-criteria decision making method.  Method: The method was applied in terms of purpose and was of heuristic and mixed approach including SWOT matrix and multi-fuzzy multi-criteria decision making methods. The statistical population of this study was 1620 managers and experts who were selected as a sample size using the stratified method with proportional division and Cochran's formula. Two researcher-made questionnaires with validity and reliability higher than 0.7 based on a 5-point Likert scale were used to collect data. Data analysis in the inferential section was used to determine the final weight of indicators and strategies by Soara method and to prioritize strategies by fuzzy Cooper method.          Findings: The analysis of the findings indicates that the strategic human resource planning model suitable for the bank includes three main processes: 1- Determining strategies 2- Implementing strategies and 3- Evaluating and feedbacking strategies. Other findings also showed that among the 19 strategies identified, the strategy of the need to re-engineer the processes of recruitment and supply of human resources in proportion to future needs with a final value of 0.0662 is a priority among other strategies and change the current passive position to strategy. Offensive is necessary as a strategic action.                                                                                      Conclusion: The results showed that the strategy of the need to re-engineer the processes of recruitment and supply of human resources in proportion to future needs has been identified as the best strategy for developing strategic human resource planning in the Export Development Bank of Iran.   Manuscript profile
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        3 - Application of TOPSIS and AHP integrated method in chemicals management using the HSE approach (Case study: Sugar factory)
        Omid Espargham Mohsen Shafiee Shabnam Saffarian بهناز گودرزی
        Background and Objective: Increased rate of chemicals production and their consumption in various industrial processes are consiederd as characteristics of an industrial community. Improper management and incorrect use of them will cause accidents and harmful damage to More
        Background and Objective: Increased rate of chemicals production and their consumption in various industrial processes are consiederd as characteristics of an industrial community. Improper management and incorrect use of them will cause accidents and harmful damage to human health and the environment. Method: In this paper, considering the safety and health risks and the environmental aspects associated with storage, preservation and working with chemicals produced in sugar factory, these chemicals were identified by Walking & Talking Through method. Then, the multi-criteria decision-making methods such as AHP, TOPSIS and Eigenvector technique were used for analyzing the risks of the identified chemicals. Finally, the chemicals were divided into three categories in terms of risk by determining the median in SPSS. Findings: The results of calculating the risk of the chemicals used in sugar factory show that ethyl alcohol with weight of 0.646, ammonia with weight of 0.566 and caustic soda with weight of 0.558 are the most important chemicals affecting the safety, health and environment of the factory and the surrounding area. Accordingly, the strategies to control and reduce the risks of chemicals were identified. Discussion and Conclusion: In this study, introducing a multi-criteria method for calculating the risk factor, the highest number of features inducing the risk of a substance to the personnel is used in the calculation.                           Manuscript profile
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        4 - Application of multi-criteria decision-making methods in land use evaluation to determine municipal waste landfills location
        Khadijhe Safari Seyed Ali Jozi Sahar Rezaian
        Background and Objective Recently, the use of GIS in urban planning has been developed with the rapid expansion of cities and the dramatic increase in the amount of information that must be processed for urban management. This study investigates the best landfill site f More
        Background and Objective Recently, the use of GIS in urban planning has been developed with the rapid expansion of cities and the dramatic increase in the amount of information that must be processed for urban management. This study investigates the best landfill site for Zahedan city using the performance of decision support tools, Network analysis process (ANP) and Weighted linear combination (WLC) for weighting criteria, and map standardization methods based on Boolean and Fuzzy logic in the form of multi-criteria decision-making. Indeed, based on the variables' impacts in locating the waste landfill in Zahedan city, using multi-criteria decision-making methods (MCDM) to weigh and prioritize and evaluate the effective factors are considered to identify the optimal location regarding the ecological potential of the region. The proposed model indicates the priorities of creating different types of decision-making during the evaluation analysis of the development capabilities of the study area.Materials and Methods Developing a multi-criteria evaluation method in a GIS environment to determine and estimate the capability of desirable landfills in Zahedan city is considered. Thus, by preparing a questionnaire by the Delphi method, 18 sub-criteria in two groups of criteria: 1. ecological criteria (Slope, altitude, soil, erosion, fault, precipitation, wind, direction, surface water, groundwater, vegetation, land use, and geology); 2. Socio-economic criteria (Distance from city, village, mine, airport, and road) is determined, and regarding expert's perceptions and using Network Analysis Process (ANP) in super decision software, weights of each criterion were calculated; and in the next step, the layers of criteria were evaluated in a database based on ArcGIS and stored as benchmark maps; and finally using the WLC method were considered to combine all layers to extract the map of a suitable landfill site in Zahedan city.Results and Discussion By fuzzifying 18 layers (criteria) with fuzzy logic and also applying constraints with Boolean logic, 18-layer maps are prepared and by merging layers with one of the common methods of weight linear composition in Multi-criteria decision, the final landfill location map has been explored. In terms of the spatial distribution of suitable landfills in Zahedan city, according to 5 categories of classification, it was found that the highest level of the region is categorized as the low capable class (99.76%) and suitable areas for landfilling in total is around 0.231, also no part of the Zahedan city has a very high or high capability for using as the landfill location, while around the city of Nusratabad, areas with very high and high capability are observed. It was also found that mainly lands with both low and medium capability, are located in the suburban areas of Zahedan and Nusratabad, with 22 units for the city of Zahedan and 35 units for the city of Nusratabad.Conclusion Reviewing the research literature shows the strengths of using a multi-criteria decision-making method to locate landfills, enabling the use of a robust set of interactive tools to regulate compensability between criteria, which allows a quick assessment of the relationship between the criteria. Other strengths of this method include the ability to integrate homogeneous data sets such as qualitative and quantitative criteria using specialized knowledge, the flexibility to select specific criteria for different study areas or various issues, to implement one or more decision-making groups, the flexibility to change the level of criterion importance and different choices for acceptable levels of decision-making risks. By comparing the final outputs related to other areas, it can be concluded that the final results are close and the method is suitable for landfill locations everywhere. Therefore, it is suggested that for other areas, the evaluation of land capability should be examined with the proposed method in this research. However, since the location of landfills by different criteria and the influence of public opinion depends on scientific analysis, we assume that this method has significant potential to support the decision-making complexities of real-world applications. Manuscript profile
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        5 - Identifying and prioritizing institutional socialization tactics in government organizations with a qualitative-quantitative integrated approach
        Seyed Mohammad Reza Mohades Khalesi mehran mokhtari baye kolaii Ghorbanali Aghaahmadi davod kia Kojouri
        Introduction: Organizations, through regular and continuous structuring of employees' behavior, cause the alignment and adaptation of individual attitudes, values and behaviors with the values, norms and desirable organizational behaviors.Organizations should provide ap More
        Introduction: Organizations, through regular and continuous structuring of employees' behavior, cause the alignment and adaptation of individual attitudes, values and behaviors with the values, norms and desirable organizational behaviors.Organizations should provide appropriate opportunities to familiarize employees with the mission, goals, job tasks and desired values of the organization in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness and achieve competitive advantage. This study aims to identify and prioritize institutional socialization tactics with a qualitative-quantitative integrated approach.Research Method: The method of this research is descriptive with an applied purpose. The statistical population of the study is 10 experts of senior managers of government organizations under the Ministry of Oil in the study area, among whom Delphi questionnaires, pairwise comparisons and Demetel were distributed. Data were analyzed using ANP-DEMATEL approach.Results: Based on the results of the research, it was proved that the "collective" criterion with a final weight of 0.205 is the first priority among the criteria, the consecutive criterion has the most impact and interaction, the permanent criterion has the most impact and the sub-criterion "effective job training" For newcomers "with a final weight of 0.0507 is the first priority among the sub-criteria. Manuscript profile
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        6 - ranking the factors that determine the neccesity of electronic citizen in the curriculum of the first high school
        maryam fotouhinia kambiz poushaneh ali akbar khosravi babadi
        Abstract The purpose of the research was the ranking of the effective factors on the studying of the electronic citizen in educational method ,The research method is applied and for the research method, it is a descriptive survey. In this research, all professors of the More
        Abstract The purpose of the research was the ranking of the effective factors on the studying of the electronic citizen in educational method ,The research method is applied and for the research method, it is a descriptive survey. In this research, all professors of the seminary and the university in the field of educational sciences from the statistical community are studied. According to the method performed, the minimum sample is 5 people and the maximum sample is 10 people, of which 10 people were selected. In this study, the data collection tool is the AHP questionnaire created by the researcher and interviewed by experts. The results of this study show that the factor of inventive and critical thinking in the first rank and then the factor of productivity in the second rank and the factor of digital literacy in the third rank and the quality factor of the educational system in the fourth rank and the factor of effective communication in the fifth rank of importance. The most important role is played by the educational institution in educating people, especially the education of useful citizens. By training an electronic citizen, you can prevent many costs, waste of energy and opportunities. Manuscript profile
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        7 - Assessment of Developmental Levels in Ardabil Villages by Utilizing Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods
        B. Imani
        Recognizing and surveying facilities and abilities and determining the levels of development in rural areas are the first steps in planning and developing process. To this end, this study aims to assess the levels of development in Ardabil villages by utilizing multi-cr More
        Recognizing and surveying facilities and abilities and determining the levels of development in rural areas are the first steps in planning and developing process. To this end, this study aims to assess the levels of development in Ardabil villages by utilizing multi-criteria decision making methods. This research is based on the functional goal and descriptive analysis nature. Statistical population includes 10 villages in Ardabil. The required information includes 76 variables in 7 criteria that were taken from General Population and Housing Census and statistical yearbook 2011. Vikor’s multi-criteria decision making method, Electra and Taxonomy are used to assess the rate of development. Furthermore, we tested the assumptions by using Kendall tau rank correlation in SPSS software. The results of the decision making techniques based on average ranks revealed that villages were not in a balanced situation in terms of developmental criteria, so that out of 10 Ardabil villages 6 of them were developed, 2 of them were semi-developed and 4 of them were not developed. Also, the findings of Kendall tau test showed that there was no significant relationship between two population variables and adjacency of the villages to the county and the obtained average rank. These two components had no effect on rural development, but there was a significant relationship between the employment variable and the average rank in each village which brings the employment percentage with a positive effect on levels of development. Based on the results, some strategies are presented to make and perform the plans in order to have an integrated and balanced development in the county. Manuscript profile