Determining geothermal target area priorities benefits overall planning of geothermal resource development. This study investigated five geothermal resource target areas in the Songyuan area of China by developing and applying an improved analytic hierarchy process to four factors: water...

An evaluation of the ASEAN Electronic Commerce Acts (ECAs) is a specific primary step toward their harmonization. This evaluation is complex due to multiple criteria and uncertain information, especially in the case of electronic contracts. This study aims to evaluate and rank the ECAs of the...

Prioritization of Business-to-Business International Internet Marketing Critical Success Factors (B2B IIM CSFs) has a high impact on internet business management. This study aims to evaluate and rank the high-cited B2B IIM CSFs that are determined by Riyad (2002). We apply Fuzzy Analytic...

Two shortcomings of existing Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) approaches are presented in this paper. The problems were decision makers' (experts') dynamic level of experience in certain areas, as well as the difficulties of forecasting the future with the existing MADM techniques. A...

Simple additive weighting is a well-known method for scoring and ranking alternative options based on multiple attributes. However, the pitfalls associated with this approach are not widely appreciated. For example, the apparently innocuous step of normalizing the various attribute data in order...

We present a new interactive procedure for evolutionary multiobjective optimization involving the decision rule preference model in the search for the best compromise solution. As usual in the interactive multiobjective optimization, preference elicitation phases alternate with optimization...

This paper presents a way of modelling relationships between multiple dependent and multiple independent variables. The method involves fitting coefficients to functions of these two sets of variables such that the resulting ‘aggregate’ functions have maximum correlation. The inclusion of...

In today's with the increasing complexity of supply chains, supplier relationships have gained strategic importance for supply chains. Long-term and sustainable supplier relations are important to gain a competitive advantage in the supply chain. It is also important that suppliers are selected...

We describe a new mechanism - what we call a booster draft - for allocating multiple, indivisibleobjects among a group of individuals. The mechanism’s appeal lies in its strategy-proofness andsimplicity: Individuals take turns drawing objects from different sets - called boosters - and...

The goal of this study is a comparative analysis between agroecological and conventional small coffee farms. We investigate fifteen coffee farms in the East region of Minas Gerais, a Brazilian rural region based on coffee production, using a multicriteria analysis (MCA) with economic, social and...