{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3021518913","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2980127","title":"An Integrated Delphi-DEMATEL-ELECTRE Method on Gray Numbers to Rank Technology Providers","display_name":"An Integrated Delphi-DEMATEL-ELECTRE Method on Gray Numbers to Rank Technology Providers","publication_year":2020,"publication_date":"2020-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3021518913","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2980127","mag":"3021518913"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2020.2980127","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2980127","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034217032","display_name":"Sirous Amirghodsi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-8545"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I67009956","display_name":"Iran University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01jw2p796","country_code":"IR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"]}],"countries":["IR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sirous Amirghodsi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Progress Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6592-8545","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Progress Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013503692","display_name":"Ali Bonyadi Naeini","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3119-551X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I67009956","display_name":"Iran University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01jw2p796","country_code":"IR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"]}],"countries":["IR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ali Bonyadi Naeini","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Progress Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3119-551X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Progress Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005127468","display_name":"Ahmad Makui","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-530X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I67009956","display_name":"Iran University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01jw2p796","country_code":"IR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"]}],"countries":["IR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmad Makui","raw_affiliation_strings":["Departments of Progress Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6249-530X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Departments of Progress Engineering and Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I67009956"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.3441,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":68,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95860113,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"69","issue":"4","first_page":"1348","last_page":"1364"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.988099992275238,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10050","display_name":"Multi-Criteria Decision Making","score":0.988099992275238,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12368","display_name":"Grey System Theory Applications","score":0.9447000026702881,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electre","display_name":"ELECTRE","score":0.9153218269348145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gray","display_name":"Gray (unit)","score":0.6983222365379333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/delphi-method","display_name":"Delphi method","score":0.6725428104400635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/delphi","display_name":"Delphi","score":0.5900418758392334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5549576282501221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.47064322233200073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/management-science","display_name":"Management science","score":0.4147893488407135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.2713407278060913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multiple-criteria-decision-analysis","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","score":0.25167644023895264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.1716475486755371},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.15271669626235962}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47431972","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3045948","display_name":"ELECTRE","level":3,"score":0.9153218269348145},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166275286","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190095","display_name":"Gray (unit)","level":2,"score":0.6983222365379333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60641444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q841602","display_name":"Delphi method","level":2,"score":0.6725428104400635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779495148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487378","display_name":"Delphi","level":2,"score":0.5900418758392334},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5549576282501221},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.47064322233200073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.4147893488407135},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2713407278060913},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11105738","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1895805","display_name":"Multiple-criteria decision analysis","level":2,"score":0.25167644023895264},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.1716475486755371},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.15271669626235962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126838900","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77604","display_name":"Radiology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2020.2980127","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2020.2980127","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.5699999928474426,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":119,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W245345236","https://openalex.org/W358267809","https://openalex.org/W601014950","https://openalex.org/W1012436551","https://openalex.org/W1169237817","https://openalex.org/W1445881320","https://openalex.org/W1558157535","https://openalex.org/W1572800083","https://openalex.org/W1580796580","https://openalex.org/W1930907996","https://openalex.org/W1936513236","https://openalex.org/W1966811603","https://openalex.org/W1970482802","https://openalex.org/W1971063846","https://openalex.org/W1973735550","https://openalex.org/W1977148440","https://openalex.org/W1980769943","https://openalex.org/W1981231764","https://openalex.org/W1982296924","https://openalex.org/W1982309139","https://openalex.org/W1982321307","https://openalex.org/W1985807902","https://openalex.org/W1993664678","https://openalex.org/W1994512562","https://openalex.org/W1995300502","https://openalex.org/W1995774287","https://openalex.org/W1997498254","https://openalex.org/W1999055111","https://openalex.org/W2005658674","https://openalex.org/W2007367842","https://openalex.org/W2008056470","https://openalex.org/W2008269295","https://openalex.org/W2010517080","https://openalex.org/W2011954379","https://openalex.org/W2012430895","https://openalex.org/W2013377700","https://openalex.org/W2013541964","https://openalex.org/W2021837609","https://openalex.org/W2022997130","https://openalex.org/W2034448524","https://openalex.org/W2037164501","https://openalex.org/W2040394240","https://openalex.org/W2044005424","https://openalex.org/W2050256072","https://openalex.org/W2057067884","https://openalex.org/W2059651536","https://openalex.org/W2066751348","https://openalex.org/W2067676397","https://openalex.org/W2068473525","https://openalex.org/W2071279539","https://openalex.org/W2073976105","https://openalex.org/W2076955686","https://openalex.org/W2077760575","https://openalex.org/W2079978024","https://openalex.org/W2084178319","https://openalex.org/W2086378500","https://openalex.org/W2090027747","https://openalex.org/W2092171000","https://openalex.org/W2094815253","https://openalex.org/W2103924063","https://openalex.org/W2124024979","https://openalex.org/W2146230938","https://openalex.org/W2147602228","https://openalex.org/W2148299414","https://openalex.org/W2157881940","https://openalex.org/W2161908013","https://openalex.org/W2175542272","https://openalex.org/W2187166825","https://openalex.org/W2286912950","https://openalex.org/W2313630281","https://openalex.org/W2328820464","https://openalex.org/W2371795966","https://openalex.org/W2401033840","https://openalex.org/W2403222794","https://openalex.org/W2415355876","https://openalex.org/W2439333102","https://openalex.org/W2490781902","https://openalex.org/W2504333239","https://openalex.org/W2528793344","https://openalex.org/W2545032024","https://openalex.org/W2587051469","https://openalex.org/W2598320148","https://openalex.org/W2600617702","https://openalex.org/W2603266029","https://openalex.org/W2605369693","https://openalex.org/W2606411706","https://openalex.org/W2610574333","https://openalex.org/W2624191516","https://openalex.org/W2737579463","https://openalex.org/W2760299605","https://openalex.org/W2771987517","https://openalex.org/W2790892306","https://openalex.org/W2791665655","https://openalex.org/W2804085439","https://openalex.org/W2808242338","https://openalex.org/W2809029195","https://openalex.org/W2810033327","https://openalex.org/W2827726958","https://openalex.org/W2888433524","https://openalex.org/W2902758677","https://openalex.org/W2912260441","https://openalex.org/W2921540501","https://openalex.org/W2941836962","https://openalex.org/W2946908824","https://openalex.org/W2963052521","https://openalex.org/W2964454148","https://openalex.org/W2982638854","https://openalex.org/W2983482535","https://openalex.org/W2989005266","https://openalex.org/W3122214602","https://openalex.org/W6628439688","https://openalex.org/W6685704309","https://openalex.org/W6713002159","https://openalex.org/W6735985415","https://openalex.org/W6738814177","https://openalex.org/W6760126211","https://openalex.org/W6766055507","https://openalex.org/W7018932816","https://openalex.org/W7027899588"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2062050714","https://openalex.org/W2030487194","https://openalex.org/W2971523465","https://openalex.org/W1965155071","https://openalex.org/W1969884608","https://openalex.org/W2041058937","https://openalex.org/W2224226767","https://openalex.org/W2031546510","https://openalex.org/W2001765788","https://openalex.org/W1573061253"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Misunderstanding":[0],"of":[1,6,18,54,113,121,153,168,178],"technology":[2,55,59,155],"transfer":[3],"and":[4,25,29,41,70,91,135,139],"lack":[5],"a":[7,67,145],"scientific":[8],"viewpoint":[9],"in":[10,148,200],"this":[11],"area":[12],"are":[13,63,132],"among":[14],"the":[15,51,74,81,89,95,101,107,111,119,122,126,149,176,184,191,205],"fundamental":[16],"problems":[17],"some":[19],"industries.":[20],"A":[21],"novel":[22,195],"Delphi-decision-making":[23],"trial":[24],"evaluation":[26,61],"laboratory":[27],"(DEMATEL)-elimination":[28],"choice":[30],"expressing":[31],"reality":[32],"(ELECTRE)":[33],"decision-making":[34],"method,":[35,110],"which":[36,100],"benefited":[37],"from":[38],"both":[39],"qualitative":[40],"quantitative":[42],"methods,":[43],"is":[44,77,85,115,159,187],"introduced":[45],"on":[46,99,118],"gray":[47,108],"numbers":[48],"to":[49,66,79,87,161,171,175,203],"solve":[50],"selection":[52],"problem":[53],"providers":[56],"systematically.":[57],"The":[58],"provider":[60],"criteria":[62,102,131],"developed":[64],"according":[65],"literature":[68],"review":[69],"experts\u2019":[71],"opinions.":[72],"Next,":[73],"Delphi":[75],"method":[76,186,196],"used":[78,86,199],"evaluate":[80],"criteria.":[82],"Gray":[83],"DEMATEL":[84],"investigate":[88],"cause":[90],"effect":[92],"relationship":[93],"between":[94],"selected":[96],"criteria,":[97],"based":[98],"were":[103,167],"ranked.":[104],"Finally,":[105],"using":[106],"ELECTRE":[109],"priority":[112],"companies":[114,166],"determined.":[116],"Based":[117],"results":[120],"illustrative":[123],"case":[124],"study,":[125],"two":[127],"most":[128,165,206],"robust":[129],"causal":[130],"management/executive":[133],"capability":[134],"cost.":[136],"Moreover,":[137],"cost":[138],"support":[140],"through":[141],"organization":[142],"policies":[143],"played":[144],"leading":[146],"role":[147],"system.":[150],"Also,":[151],"out":[152],"nine":[154],"providers,":[156],"company":[157,172],"4":[158],"superior":[160],"other":[162],"companies,":[163],"whereas":[164],"greater":[169],"advantage":[170],"5.":[173],"According":[174],"comparison":[177],"weights":[179],"by":[180],"Spearman's":[181],"correlation":[182],"coefficients,":[183],"proposed":[185],"as":[188,190],"efficient":[189],"available":[192],"methods.":[193],"This":[194],"can":[197],"be":[198],"uncertain":[201],"conditions":[202],"select":[204],"reliable":[207],"company.":[208]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":15},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-17T09:13:05.818461","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}