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Articles 1 - 8 of 8
Full-Text Articles in Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
A Hybrid Approach Of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set Theory And Dematel Method To Prioritize Selection Criteria Of Bank Branches Locations, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Sajjad Allahi, Ali Rastegari
A Hybrid Approach Of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set Theory And Dematel Method To Prioritize Selection Criteria Of Bank Branches Locations, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Sajjad Allahi, Ali Rastegari
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
Optimally locating new bank branches is a strategic decision in banking industry in order to stay competitive. The importance of this issue is primarily due to the fact that locating branches in appropriate sites is one of the main factors in absorbing and satisfying bank customers. This results in a core benefit for banks, particularly in a vibrant competition. In addition, without a set of well-chosen selection criteria and their prominence, the goal of locating suitable sites for bank branches would not be efficiently achieved. In this research, six most widely used criteria for bank branch location consideration are obtained …
A Servqual Model Approach Integrated With Fuzzy Ahp And Fuzzy Topsis Methodologies To Rank Life Insurance Firms, Mahdi Saeedpoor, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Ali Rastegari
A Servqual Model Approach Integrated With Fuzzy Ahp And Fuzzy Topsis Methodologies To Rank Life Insurance Firms, Mahdi Saeedpoor, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Ali Rastegari
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
Ranking life insurance firms, particularly regarding customer-oriented criteria, has become a significant research priority of many insurance research centers. This is mainly due to the effective role of life insurance in improving the capital market and the role of service quality in customer satisfaction. This issue has remained one of the major topics associated with insurance industry which has not been sufficiently explored in the literature. This study aims at prioritizing insurance firms which hold the majority proportion of Iran's total life insurance market. Life insurers are assessed and ranked with regard to 5 criteria of customer service quality in …
A Meta-Heuristic Approach To Locate Optimal Switch Locations In Cellular Mobile Networks, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Seyyed Mohammad Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Afshan Roshani
A Meta-Heuristic Approach To Locate Optimal Switch Locations In Cellular Mobile Networks, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Seyyed Mohammad Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Afshan Roshani
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
With increasing usage of cellular phones, providing optimum communication service systems becomes a strategic decision to increase subscriber satisfaction. In order to respond to this growing demand it is essential to have a proper design of mobile networks by optimally locating facilities such as Base Transceiver Stations (BTS), switches, etc. In this study, a kind of honeybee-inspired algorithm called Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is utilized to solve the problem of assigning cells to switches in the Personal Communication Services (PCS) networks. The model is mathematically developed as a binary non-linear problem with the objective of minimizing cost, which includes …
An Integrated Gray-Fuzzy Cause And Effect Approach To Determine The Most Significant Categories Of Project Risks, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Christian Salmon, Nikbakhsh Javadian
An Integrated Gray-Fuzzy Cause And Effect Approach To Determine The Most Significant Categories Of Project Risks, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Christian Salmon, Nikbakhsh Javadian
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
Identifying critical risks in projects has become a core step in project risk management process; however, the nature of this step can be complex and unstructured, suggesting a benefit in research towards prioritizing project risks on the basis of a cogent method. This paper presents a Gray Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (GDEMATEL) method for prioritizing sources of project risk within a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) framework. The framework categorizes sources of risk via the Project Management Institutes’ (PMI) Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS). For this study, project expert judgments and preferences are the source of knowledge about project risk. …
An Integrated Ahp-Gis-Mclp Method To Locate Bank Branches, Sajjad Allahi, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Christian Salmon
An Integrated Ahp-Gis-Mclp Method To Locate Bank Branches, Sajjad Allahi, Mohammadsadegh Mobin, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Christian Salmon
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
One of the most crucial decision making processes in banking is optimally locating new branches. This issue is highly important especially for private banks due to vibrant competition, limited budgets and high customer expectations. This study’s objective is to provide an integrated model for selecting optimal site location using available data sources and well accepted decision models, specifically Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Geographic Information System (GIS) and Maximal Covering Location Problem (MCLP).As a case study, we applied the proposed method for branch location of a private bank in the city of Rasht, Iran. The process identified the most commonly used …
Comparing Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea) And An Integrated Approach Of Dea And Malmquist Index (Dea-Mi) In Evaluation Of Hospitals Performances, Amin Yazdani Kachoei, Mohammad Mahdi Mozaffari, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mahdi Saeedpoor
Comparing Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea) And An Integrated Approach Of Dea And Malmquist Index (Dea-Mi) In Evaluation Of Hospitals Performances, Amin Yazdani Kachoei, Mohammad Mahdi Mozaffari, Amin Vafadarnikjoo, Mahdi Saeedpoor
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
Productivity in hospitals where are major centres for health and medical services has always been emphasised, on the other hand considering development of countries, various methods are presented to measure this factor. It should be noted that not using the scientific measurement methods and indexes correctly will end up misleading and generalising productivity and will lead to poor compliance with scientific principles, wasting resources and failing to achieve productivity in both enterprise and the whole economic system. The purpose of this paper is to compare two approaches; data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the hybrid of DEA and Malmquist index in …
Ranking Of Project Risks Based On The Pmbok Standard By Fuzzy Dematel, S.M. Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Amin Vafadar Nikjoo
Ranking Of Project Risks Based On The Pmbok Standard By Fuzzy Dematel, S.M. Ali Khatami Firouzabadi, Amin Vafadar Nikjoo
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
In project risk management, there is a need to rank project risks, because there are many complexities in nowadays projects and prioritizing these risks can help to achieve more effective and efficient projects. In this research, on the basis of the Risk Breakdown Structure (RBS) of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) fourth edition, it is tried to prioritize the different kinds of project risks. Many questionnaires are filled out by varied project experts in different Iranian project-based firms, to acquire the knowledge and experience of them in project risk management field. Then, fuzzy set theory was applied …
Bi-Criteria Single Facility Location Problem With Limited Distances, Ali Shahabi, Amin Vafadar Nikjoo, Mohammad Reza Kazemi
Bi-Criteria Single Facility Location Problem With Limited Distances, Ali Shahabi, Amin Vafadar Nikjoo, Mohammad Reza Kazemi
Amin Vafadarnikjoo
This paper deals with a bi-criteria model for locating single new facility on the plane where the effective service distance becomes a constant when the actual distance attains or exceeds a certain value. The criteria that are used in this bi-criteria model are minisum, that minimizes the sum of all the transportation costs and minimax, that minimizes the maximum distances from the new facility to the demand points. By using a mixed integer programming formulation, the model is transformed to an easier form, and then the technique of fuzzy programming has been applied to solve it. A numerical example is …