Many real-world decision problems involve conflicting systems of criteria, uncertainty and imprecise information. Some also involve a group of decision makers (DMs) where a reduction of different individual preferences on a given set to a single collective preference is required. Multi-criteria...

Constructing an appropriate model for supplier selection is an important function to improve capability and competitiveness of the business organizations. Proper selection of the suppliers not only avoids manufacturing delays but also helps saving material cost, leading to increase in the profit...

Nowadays healthcare centers play a major role in improving human life quality, living standards and with improving them, residents become more and more conscious about their health. Besides, the ever-increasing urban population expands demand for new healthcare centers. Also, selecting a new...

In decision making science, an important aspect is to select one strategy from available ones and to prioritize. Multi criteria decision making methods, especially fuzzy MCDM have made their way in to this field for several years. Among them, analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method and...

Selection of the location is one of the most important decision-making processes which requires considering several criteria based on the mission and the strategy. In supply chain management, determining optimal facility location is a crucial problem. This study aims to provide a decision...

We always come cross several decision-making problems in our daily life. Such problems are always conflicting in which many different view points should be satisfied. In politics, business, industrial systems, management science, networks, etc. one often encounters such kind of problems. The...

Part I: Theory of Ecological Economics -- Introduction -- 1. The Economic System and the Environment -- 2. Industrial Ecology: Material and Energy Flows, Life Cycle Analysis -- 3. The Big Picture Vision and the Environment: An International Perspective -- 4. Economic Valuation and Decision...