Multi-attribute comparison of catering service companies using fuzzy AHP: The case of Turkey

C Kahraman, U Cebeci, D Ruan - International journal of production …, 2004 - Elsevier
Catering is the act of providing food and services or it may be defined as preparing or providing
food for someone else to serve; or preparing, delivering and serving food at the premises …

Fuzzy group decision-making for facility location selection

C Kahraman, D Ruan, I Doǧan - Information sciences, 2003 - Elsevier
The selection of a facility location among alternative locations is a multicriteria decision-making
problem including both quantitative and qualitative criteria. The conventional …

[BOOK][B] Multi-objective Group Decision Making: Methods Software and Applications with Fuzzy Set Techniques (With Cd-rom)

G Zhang, D Ruan, J Lu, F Wu - 2007 - books.google.com
This book proposes a set of models to describe fuzzy multi-objective decision making (MODM),
fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM), fuzzy group decision making (GDM) and …

Lattice-valued logic

Y Xu, D Ruan, KY Qin, J Liu - Studies in fuzziness and soft computing, 2003 - Springer
One of the fundamental goals of artificial intelligence (AI) is to build artificially computer-based
systems which make computer simulate, extend and expand human's intelligence and …

Fuzzy group decision making for selection among computer integrated manufacturing systems

CE Bozdağ, C Kahraman, D Ruan - Computers in industry, 2003 - Elsevier
A decision to invest in new manufacturing enabling technologies supporting computer
integrated manufacturing (CIM) must include non-quantifiable, intangible benefits to the …

Integrating data envelopment analysis and analytic hierarchy for the facility layout design in manufacturing systems

T Ertay, D Ruan, UR Tuzkaya - Information sciences, 2006 - Elsevier
Facility layout design (FLD) has a very important effect on the performance of a manufacturing
system. The concept of FLD is usually considered as a multiobjective problem. For this …

A fuzzy multi-criteria decision approach for software development strategy selection

G Büyüközkan, C Kahraman, D Ruan - International journal of …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
This study proposes a methodology to improve the quality of decision-making in the
software development project under uncertain conditions. To deal with the uncertainty and …

Computing with words in decision support systems: an overview on models and applications

L Martinez, D Ruan, F Herrera - International Journal of Computational …, 2010 - Springer
Decision making is inherent to mankind, as human beings daily face situations in which they
should choose among different alternatives by means of reasoning and mental processes. …

Capital budgeting techniques using discounted fuzzy versus probabilistic cash flows

C Kahraman, D Ruan, E Tolga - Information Sciences, 2002 - Elsevier
Risk analysis involves the development of the probability distribution for the measure of
effectiveness. The risk associated with an investment alternative is generally either given as the …

A rough sets based characteristic relation approach for dynamic attribute generalization in data mining

T Li, D Ruan, W Geert, J Song, Y Xu - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2007 - Elsevier
Any attribute set in an information system may be evolving in time when new information
arrives. Approximations of a concept by rough set theory need updating for data mining or other …