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Hamed Taherdoost
Mitra MadanchianMulti-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is one of the main decision-making problems which aims to determine the best alternative by considering more than one criterion in the selection process. MCDM has manifold tools and methods that can be applied in different fields from finance to engineering design. This entry aims to provide a survey on the MCDM concept, its applications, main categories, and different methods. The final section provides manifold information and statistics on the published works in the MCDM fields. Some of the main methods are also listed in this section.
31 March 2022 in Journal of Management Science & Engineering Research
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Hamed TaherdoostThere are different ways to examine and explain a study and its findings based on using numbers as a measure, a descriptive style, or a mixture of both. These three research approaches are quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods that are commonly used by researchers in various research studies. However, with many options regarding the research design, it seems challenging for researchers to select the most appropriate approach based on the study and realize differences. This study provides a comprehensive review of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method research methods. Each method is clearly defined and specifically discussed based on applications, types, advantages, and limitations to help researchers identify select the most relevant type based on each study and navigate accordingly.
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Hamed TaherdoostBy utilizing smart contracts, which are essentially scripts that are anchored in a decentralized manner on blockchains or other similar infrastructures, it is possible to make the execution of predetermined procedures visible to the outside world. The programmability of previously unrealized assets, such as money, and the automation of previously manual business logic are both made possible by smart contracts. This revelation inspired us to analyze smart contracts in blockchain technologies written in English between 2012 and 2022. The scope of research is limited to the journal. Reviews, conferences, book chapters, theses, monographs, and interview-based works, and also articles in the press, are eliminated. This review comprises 252 articles over the last ten years with “Blockchain”, “block-chain”, “smart contracts”, and “smart contracts” as keywords. This paper discusses smart contracts’ present status and significance in blockchain technology. The gaps and challenges in the relevant literature have also been discussed, particularly emphasizing the limitations. Based on these findings, several research problems and prospective research routes for future study that will likely be valuable to academics and professionals are identified.
2 August 2023 in Sustainable Social Development
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MMMitra Madanchian
Mitra MadanchianHamed TaherdoostOne common multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) technique is the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), which is frequently applied in several application fields. Finding an ideal and an anti-ideal solution, which are then utilized to determine the distances between the alternatives and the ideal solution, is the foundation of the TOPSIS approach. The method then ranks the alternatives according to their closeness to the ideal solution. TOPSIS is able to handle both quantitative and qualitative criteria, however, the method can be sensitive to the weight of the criteria, and the ranking results can be influenced by the choice of the reference alternatives. This paper provides an overview of the TOPSIS method, its applications, main characteristics and limitations. The paper also provides step-by-step instructions on how to apply the TOPSIS method, including the determination of the criteria weights, the construction of the decision matrix, and the calculation of the TOPSIS scores.
1 January 2019 in Procedia Manufacturing
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Hamed TaherdoostABAurélie Brard
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About Me
Hamed Taherdoost is an award-winning leader and R&D professional. He is the founder of the Hamta Group | Hamta Business Corporation, R&D Director of the Q Minded | Quark Minded Technology Inc., as well as an Associate Professor and the Chair of RSAC at the University of Canada West. He has over 20 years of experience in both the industrial and academia sectors. He has worked at international companies in Cyprus, the UK, Malta, Iran, Malaysia, and Canada and has been highly involved in the development of several projects in different industries, such as healthcare, transportation, residential real estate, oil and gas, and IT. Apart from industry, he has been a university lecturer in three different regions of the world: Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North America. Currently, he is an adjunct professor at Westcliff University; a mentor at Futurpreneur Canada; a member of the Advisory Board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK; a senior technical consultant at CI Solutions Ltd. and Innotek Consulting Ltd.; and the Chair of the Research and Scholarly Activities Committee at UCW. He is a certified cybersecurity technologist; a senior member of the IEEE, IAEEEE, IASED, and IEDRC; a fellow member of ISAC; a WGM of IFIP TC11; and a member of CSIAC, ACT-IAC, and AASHE. Currently, he is involved in several multidisciplinary research projects, including studying innovation in information technology, blockchain, cybersecurity, human behavior, and technology acceptance.