Kybernetes: Volume 51 Issue 8

Optimal project portfolio selection with reinvestment strategy considering sustainability in an uncertain environment: a multi-objective optimization approach

Mohammadali Zarjou, Mohammad Khalilzadeh

This study aims to develop a model for project portfolio selection considering organizational goals such as budgets, sustainability cash flow and reinvestment strategy under an…

Ordered weighted logarithmic averaging distance-based pattern recognition for the recommendation of traditional Chinese medicine against COVID-19 under a complex environment

Yuhe Fu, Chonghui Zhang, Yujuan Chen, Fengjuan Gu, Tomas Baležentis, Dalia Streimikiene

The proposed DHHFLOWLAD is used to design a recommendation system, which aims to provide the most appropriate treatment to the patient under a double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy…

A system dynamics approach to COVID-19 pandemic control: a case study of Iran

Mohammad Ali Abdolhamid, Mir Saman Pishvaee, Reza Aalikhani, Mohammadreza Parsanejad

The purpose of this paper is to develop a system dynamics approach based on Susceptible, Exposed, Infected, Recovered (SEIR) model to investigate the coronavirus pandemic and the…

Performance evaluation of higher education system amid COVID-19: a threat or an opportunity?

Bhaskar B. Gardas, Nima Jafari Navimipour

COVID-19 is moving the world towards a significant number of structural changes, and this pandemic is influencing each individual, society and industry at large. The present…

Exploring knowledge sharing behavior in healthcare organizations: an integrated perspective of the empowerment theory and self-determination theory

Su-Ying Wu, Wei-Tsong Wang, Yu-Han Hsieh

This study examines the role of user psychological empowerment (PE) as a specific type of PE in the context of using health information systems (HIS) and incorporates the…

The choice of cap-and-trade and carbon tax regulations in a cap-dependent carbon trading price setting

Xiaoping Xu, Yugang Yu, Guowei Dou, Xiaomei Ruan

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the operational decisions of a manufacturer who produces multiple products and the government's selection of cap-and-trade and carbon tax…

A dynamic performance evaluation model suggestion for performance-based logistics

Mustafa Agdas, Cevriye Gencer

This study proposes a dynamic performance evaluation model to support the material availability of the public institution under performance- based logistics (PBL) and to select…

Interval type-2 fuzzy inference-based failure mode and effect analysis model in a group decision-making setting

İlker Gölcük

This paper proposes an integrated IT2F-FMEA model under a group decision-making setting. In risk assessment models, experts' evaluations are often aggregated beforehand, and…

A new EDAS method based on prospect theory for Pythagorean fuzzy set and its application in selecting investment projects for highway

Peng Li, Ju Liu, Cuiping Wei, Jian Liu

China is a critical factor for constructing an all-round well-off society. Infrastructure construction, especially high-grade highways, in the western area is an essential…

The effect of blockchain on business intelligence efficiency of banks

Fen Ji, Ai Tia

Accurate evaluation of the consequences of new technologies in various industries is of great significance. So, it will be essential to examine the impact of this technology on…

Book Review

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