The multi-criteria facilities layout problem can be formulated as a quadratic assignment model that can handle multiple qualitative and quantitative factors in the objective function. Some studies have shown that the techniques and tools of facilities layout problems can equally be applied for...

Most multicriteria methods focus on ranking and selecting from a set of alternatives. These methods are usually used to compare all alternatives based on the synthesized scorings within a normalized scale with respect to the same criteria in multicriteria problems. However, the decision makers...

Supplier selection is a critical decision in supply chain management. Although organizations devote significant resources to establish detailed operating plans with suppliers, a few have developed mature risk management programs to deal with supplier failures. Past performances and survey data...

Analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) is a method to formulate the strategy. Although the SWOT analysis successfully provides the key factors of the problem, it has some drawbacks in selecting appropriate strategy for the evaluation and final decision steps. During...

This paper presents a novel multicriteria procedure for nominal classification problems. Assignment of an action to a category is based on the comparison between action and category's least typical representative, which is considered as the category inclusion threshold. Evaluation is executed...

Facility layout selection is an important and critical issue faced by every organization, while setting up and allocating the available or new facilities in a given location. While selecting the most suitable layout, due attention is usually paid to minimize the total transportation cost between...