fuzzy delphi technique

The increasing use of information technology in financial and banking services continues, and the challenge of better managing information technology projects to maximize their economic benefits remains unresolved. Therefore, this study aimed to identify and prioritize the criteria for selecting the optimal portfolio of information technology projects in Iran’s banking industry using both quantitative and qualitative methods. For this purpose, the research sample included experts (university professors and senior managers in the information technology management sector of the banking industry), selected through the snowball sampling method (n=12). In addition, for data analysis, first, the final criteria of the model were determined using the fuzzy Delphi technique, and then the criteria were prioritized using the DEMATEL technique. The results of the fuzzy Delphi technique indicated that the criteria for selecting the portfolio of information technology projects in Iran’s banking industry consist of 5 main criteria (organizational, environmental, economic, technical, and risk-related) and 18 sub-criteria. The results of the DEMATEL technique further revealed that among the main criteria, the risk criterion, and among the sub-criteria, low security risk, hold the highest importance.

 

 

Since the military methods and tools are constantly progressing and innovating, therefore, appropriate marketing for new military technologies and technologies becomes important, and the main goal of this research is to identify these strategies for selling the military products of the Islamic Republic of Iran. For this purpose, first, by using the foundation data method and interviewing 21 people from the country's military and defense industry experts who were purposefully selected, the dimensions of the components and indicators affecting marketing strategies were extracted, and then by using a semi-structured questionnaire and the fuzzy Delphi technique. were analyzed. Finally, 23 basic strategies were identified according to the dimensions of the SWOT matrix, of which 12 strategies were related to the strength dimension, 6 strategies were related to opportunities, 3 strategies were related to threats, and 2 strategies were placed in the weakness dimension. The most and most important strategies that were identified in this research are in the strengths dimension, so the Islamic Republic of Iran should first pay attention to improving and increasing its strengths in the production of military products. In the next stages, using the opportunities, facing the threats and finally eliminating the weaknesses are particularly important.

The pursuit of sustainable, long-term profitability is a critical driver for value chain management. This study aims to identify the activities and prerequisites for achieving sustainability in value chain financing. This applied research is cross-sectional and descriptive-survey in nature. It was conducted through a combination of library research and experiencive studies. Given the limited research on sustainable value chain financing, a Fuzzy Delphi method was employed to develop a conceptual framework by drawing on collective expertise in addition to a literature review. The most significant identified activities, in descending order of importance, are: developing contingency plans and alternative financing, product/service quality, environmental performance incentive systems and financial efficiency, participation in sustainability initiatives, and regular assessment of sustainability standard compliance. The findings can be utilized to enhance existing theoretical frameworks and develop new models for a better understanding of the concept. The identified factors can serve as a practical guide and roadmap for decision-making, prioritizing investments, and allocating resources effectively for organizations seeking to implement sustainable financing initiatives within their value chains.

The aim of the research is to identify the components, dimensions and variables of optimal sports governance. The research is practical according to its purpose. has paid international and national levels; In this way, after analyzing and identifying the mentioned indicators and dimensions in official international forums, reports, books, researches and articles related to foreign and domestic as well as in the laws and programs of the country's governance, collecting and forming a sports information bank. factors, indicators and components). The statistical community is made up of experts and experts in management. In this research, by taking advantage of the opinion of all the people selected as experts, by directly referring to the community of experts, information was collected through a questionnaire. The collection of primary data and Excel software was used to enter the data of the questionnaire. The results of summarizing the models showed the existence of 4 dimensions, 15 constructs and 43 variables. Three stages were done. Using the fuzzy Delphi technique, all main and secondary indicators were determined. In the following, fuzzy Dimetal method is used to determine the relationship between components. It is necessary to mention that the matrix obtained from Dimtel's technique shows both the cause and effect relationship between the factors and the effectiveness of the variables.

Today, one of the most important components of the development and survival of the organization is adaptability and resistance to unpredictable conditions and the turbulent environment of today's world. bring Considering the importance of this issue, the present research was conducted to identify the effective factors for strengthening the resilience of entrepreneurship. In terms of practical purpose, in terms of nature, and descriptive survey method, this research is in the category of mixed research with qualitative and quantitative approaches. The statistical population of the research is the experts, 30 of whom were selected based on the principle of theoretical adequacy and using the purposeful sampling method. In the qualitative part of the research, the data collection tool is a semi-structured interview, the validity and reliability of which was confirmed using the CVR coefficient and intra-coder and inter-coder tests. Also, the data collection tool in the quantitative section is a fuzzy Delphi questionnaire, whose validity and reliability were confirmed using content validity and retesting. In this research, the coding method and Atlas.ti software were used in the qualitative part, and the Delphi fuzzy method was used in the quantitative part. The results of the research include the identification of effective factors for strengthening entrepreneurial resilience, and finally 15 types of effective factors for strengthening entrepreneurial resilience were identified, among them, entrepreneurial enthusiasm, growth mindset, ease of the recovery and revival process, and the ability to deal with adversity. In the organization, they were identified as the most important factors affecting the strengthening of entrepreneurial resilience.

In today’s societies, leading organizations are looking for a strategy to develop resources and improve the organization. The coaching organization is a new paradigm in the field of organizational management that focuses on coaching as a tool to increase productivity, motivation of human resources. The aim of this study was to identify the antecedents and consequences of the coaching organization with a human capital fostering approach for universities. This research is of a mixed type, in the paradigm of deductive-inductive and qualitatively-quantitative. The statistical population in qualitative and quantitative section of the study is experts in the field of coaching, including professors and managers of universities. 25 people of the desired sample were selected through targeted method and snowball technique. The data collection tool is interview in the qualitative part and questionnaire in the quantitative part. In the qualitative part, the data were analyzed using theme analysis method and ATLAS. TI software, and in the quantitative part, the importance and priority of the components were determined using the Fuzzy Delphi technique. 12 components were identified including: environmental changes and transformations, the need for human capital cultivating and organizational development,, coach personality traits, coach knowledge and skills, coachee personality traits, coachee specific attitudes, management and leadership strategies, organizational structure, coaching culture, Infrastructure and technology identified as antecedents and individual benefits and organizational benefits as consequences of coaching organization with human capital fostering approach for universities.

Moving in the direction of developing the country's position in economic, scientific and technological fields requires managing the implementation of ICT in a correct and planned way. The aim of this research is to provide a model of structural factors effective on the implementation of policies in the field of information and communication technology in Iran with the help of the fuzzy Delphi technique and based on Giddens constructive theory. This research is of a survey type and based on the purpose, it is of an applied type because it is trying to use the results of the research in the collection of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and the Iran Telecommunications Company. Data collection has been done based on library and field methods and experts' opinions. The research data collection tool is the formation of an expert panel to identify the key variables extracted from the law of 6th development plan, research literature and Delphi questionnaire. In this research, the members of the Delphi panel finally recognized 14 factors as the main factors, and the indicators are presented in the form of a conceptual and analytical model. Based on the findings, the factors affecting the implementation in the main dimension of the structure can be investigated in five sub-dimensions (environment, policy, organization size, culture, technology) and fourteen structural variables.

Among the very important topics that are currently being considered in most researches is the discussion of financial disorder and the results that come from it. For this reason, it is very important to determine the factors affecting the level of financial disorder in companies, because a comprehensive index has not been provided to measure financial disorder, and in the present study, by considering different indicators of financial disorder through methods such as the multi-criteria decision making index, a comprehensive index has also been presented. It was paid to measure financial irregularities. In this regard, the companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange in 2010 to 2019 were examined based on a sample of 167 companies. For this purpose, a questionnaire was prepared in line with the opinions of experts to measure financial irregularity and was distributed among experts. Multi-criteria decision-making method was used to give weight to each of the considered criteria. Also, in order to measure the relationships of the hidden variable, which in this research is financial irregularity, confirmatory factor analysis was used; The obtained results show that the proposed model is a suitable indicator for financial disorder.

The purpose of this study is to present a comprehensive evaluation-based model for intelligent organizations.

The research was applied-developmental in terms of purpose, descriptive-exploratory in terms of method and quantitative-qualitative in terms of data collection approach. To determine the factors affecting intelligent organizations, the Fuzzy Delphi technique was applied. The statistical population of the study at this stage was consisted of all Iranian organizational managers as well as some academicians, from among of whom 27 individuals were selected by purposive sampling. At the next stage, the Social Security Organization was studied and the components of the intelligent organization were classified through exploratory factor analysis. Confirmatory factor analysis, analysis of variance and Bonferroni post hoc test were used to analyze the data.

The results of Fuzzy Delphi analysis revealed 40 factors, the most important of which are: intelligent foresight, intelligent management and intelligent technological infrastructure. The results of the second phase of the research revealed ten general categories which, according to their priority, are as follow: strategic intelligence, structural intelligence, technological intelligence, knowledge management, information technology, competitive intelligence, environmental intelligence, cultural intelligence, social intelligence and human intelligence.

Intelligent organization is an important part of the e-government strategic plan. The practical result of this research is a comprehensive model that can be used to evaluate similar organizations and to make intelligent decisions.

 Regarding the fact that strategic intelligence significantly affects other types of intelligence, taking it into special consideration is recommended. The role of technological intelligence is vital for the intelligent organization, unlike the traditional organization. With reference to the weight of structural intelligence, restructuring is of great importance at this age of information.

The development of ecotourism will not happen simply because of the beauty and attractiveness of ecotourism areas. In addition to the natural potential of each region, the development of ecotourism requires the existence of various factors such as welfare infrastructure, access roads, tourist security, marketing and advertising, and the like.  So that the absence or even shortage of some of these cases can be considered as factors hindering the development of ecotourism in any ecotourism area. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers to the development of ecotourism in Aligudarz Absefid waterfalls. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with provincial experts to identify the deterrents. Analysis of data collected from interviews led to the identification of 34 concepts in 6 major categories of barriers. Then, a two-stage Delphi-fuzzy technique was used to reach a group agreement between the experts and to rank the inhibitory factors. According to the results, barriers the development of ecotourism in Aligudarz Absefid waterfall are respectively: cultural and social barriers with an average (0.828), poor introduction of the region (0.810), investment barriers and financial planning (0.803), infrastructural barriers (0.778), security barriers (0.775) and access and information problems (0.648). Therefore, the general proposal of this research is comprehensive planning, attracting financial support, and the efforts of nature tourism management decision-making organizations in Aligudarz city and Lorestan province to eliminate and reduce the mentioned obstacles through the executive proposals presented in this research.

The purpose of this study is to identify and rank the factors affecting political networking in state-owned companies affiliated to the IDRO. This research is in terms of applied purpose and in terms of nature and descriptive-survey method and is among mixed researches. In the qualitative part, 19 professors of management participated using semi-structured interviews and in the quantitative part, 52 Managers of state-owned companies affiliated to the IDRO using a pairwise comparison questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed. Content analysis method was used to encode the data obtained from the interview and fuzzy Delphi method was used to prioritize the answers. Using the data obtained from the interview, 14 factors affecting political networking in the organization were identified and then ranked through quantitative research. The results show that the management of internal and external stakeholders of the organization, forming a coalition, recognizing important people in the organization, political knowledge and skills, strategic communication are the most important factors affecting political networking in the organization. Managers of state-owned companies should try to manage influence and attract people, learn influence tactics and use political skills to manage internal and external stakeholders of the organization, also using negotiation skills to enable government officials and attract investors to the organization. In addition to covering the existing research gap and developing the literature in the field of political networking,

The production of medical equipment, while playing a key role in meeting the needs of the health system, has significant economic and technological potential for growth and development.The main purpose of this research is to identify the effective factors in the level of technology capabilities of medical equipment in the country. The present research has been conducted in terms of applied purpose and in terms of exploratory implementation, In the style of a library, documentary and survey between 15 persons, it by internal specialists and experts in the field of medical equipment of the country, after reviewing the research literature, 22 effective indicators were extracted by experts to evaluate the level of technology capabilities of the country's medical equipment.Then fuzzy Delphi method was used to identify and select decision variables that 5 indicators of creativity and innovation, technology development, engineering, manufacturing and production and competitiveness to assess the level of medical equipment technology capabilities of the country were identified, respectively. The results of this study show that creativity and innovation and technology development are the most important factors in the level of technology capabilities of medical equipment in the country.
Then the fuzzy Delphi method was used to identify and select decision variables. The results show that 5 factors of creativity and innovation, technology development, design and engineering, manufacturing and competitiveness to evaluate the level of capabilities of medical equipment technology, as the most important factors, were identified at the level of medical equipment technology capabilities.

Moving toward developing the country's position in economic, scientific and technological fields requires managing the implementation of policies in the field of information and communication technology in a correct and planned way. The purpose of this research is to provide a model of factors affecting the implementation of Iran's ICT policies with the help of the fuzzy Delphi technique. This research is based on the objective, of an applied type, because it is trying to use the results of the research in the ICT Ministry of and Telecommunication Company of Iran. Data collection has been done based on library and field methods and experts' opinions. The research data collection instrument is the formation of an expert panel to identify the key variables extracted from the research literature and the Delphi questionnaire. The statistical population of the research is experts and managers of the Ministry of ICT and affiliated organizations, 15 qualified people were selected non-randomly and purposefully as a sample. In this research, the members of the Delphi panel examined a total of 23 factors in the form of 10 components as effective factors in the implementation of policies in the field of ICT and finally identified 18 factors as the main factors that The resulting indicators are presented as a conceptual model as well as a proposed framework for the implementation of ICT policies.

This study sought to identify and prioritize the development steps of cultural tourism in rural areas of Lorestan province using the qualitative-quantitative method and exploratory approach. To this end, at the first stage, 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted with cultural tourism experts to identify the steps involved in cultural tourism development, out of which thirty-three solutions were identified in four main steps via open, axial, and selective coding. At the second stage, the Delphi-Fuzzy technique was applied in two stages to reach a consensus among the experts and prioritize cultural tourism development steps through the defuzzification process. The results showed that the identified strategies for cultural tourism development in Lorestan province could be categorized into four main steps: "Education and Innovation," "Physical Infrastructure," "Supportive-Institutional," and "Cultural-Advertising." Moreover, since the defuzzificated mean difference of the experts' opinion was less than 0.25 in two steps, all the identified solutions were proved to be valid. The results also indicated that the first and foremost step in tourism development was "education and innovation," followed by physical infrastructure, supportive-institutional, and cultural-promotional steps, respectively. Furthermore, at each step, the most important solutions were found to be advertising for tourism villages, identifying villages with tourism potentials, providing banking facilities for villagers to help them develop tourism, and building cultural elements and particular architectures in rural areas, respectively.

Human Resources Knowledge Architecture An important tool for evaluating the implicit knowledge of human resources is the integrated framework for explaining, deducing and maintaining employee knowledge in line with the organization's strategic goals. The present study aims Identification and explanation Effective factors and outcomes of Human Resources Knowledge Architecture Using approach Delphi Fuzzy In knowledge-based organizations conducted. This approach combined with quantitative and qualitative research among the preceding studies on inductive deductive paradigm is that in terms of purpose, functional and terms of the nature and methods descriptive. The statistical population of the present study consists of knowledge workers of Lorestan province, whose 30 experts have been selected based on the principle of theoretical adequacy and using a targeted sampling method. In the qualitative part of the study, semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were verified using CVR coefficient and Kaplan-Cohen test. In addition, a quantitative comparison questionnaire was used to collect information. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire was verified using content validity and re-test. In the qualitative section, the data obtained from the interview were analyzed using the Atlas.ti software and the coding method. And the human resources knowledge architects has been identified. Also, in the quantitative part of the research, using the Delphi Fuzzy technique, the prioritization of human resource knowledge architectures and extensions was made and the most important factors and consequences were identified. The results of the research indicate that among the Antecedents in human resource knowledge architecture Technology Infrastructure, Capabilities and skills of employees, Employee behavior (actions), How (Why) Knowledge Transformation And the accumulation and storage of knowledge (content) as the main factors creating the knowledge architecture in knowledge-based organizations. Also, the results showed that Increasing creativity and innovation, Leading organization, Retrieve and improve knowledge, organizational agility, Sustainable competitive advantage and organizational learning Including most important Postgraduates or implications of human resource knowledge architecture is in student organizations.

With close look at the rapid and increasing progress over the past few years, new relationships and evolving organizations are emerging. Changes and developments that will bring countless surprises such as deadly competitions, unprecedented opportunities, breathtaking changes and varied needs for organizations. On the other hand, with the emergence of new philosophies and technologies and the rapid movement of human and organizational societies towards science societies, that Organizations are constantly looking for ways and approaches to adapt to today's changing situation. In other words, one can admit that it is useless to compete on price or to use past solutions to deal with workplace threats. Therefore, in order to be competitive, organizations must be able to offer new products and services through new knowledge to ensure their success in different fields. Therefore, the importance of knowledge as a competitive advantage and opens your face falls draw other factors. It is clear that our understanding the concepts and new approaches to determine the location and how to gain and exchange knowledge for effective response to changes in opportunities and makes sure the lead. This approach is referred to in the management literature as the Human Resources Knowledge Architecture. A paradigm that has become a necessity with a value-added, forward-looking solution in the field of knowledge for the survival of the organization.
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The present research is based on mixed research, both in quantitative and qualitative terms and in the inductive paradigm. Which is exploratory in terms of purpose, application, and nature. Since this study is a mix of research, therefore, should be provided qualitative and quantitative research methodology separately. The statistical population of the study consists of  knowledge-based organizations in Lorestan province. According to the obtained data, their number is equal to 16 companies. Therefore, the statistical population of the study consisted of senior and middle managers of knowledge companies of Lorestan province, using a purposive sampling method and based on their field of activity, 30 individuals were selected as sample members. As such, it was collected from each domain (industrial, services, manufacturing, and pharmacy) based on the principle of theoretical competence, to the extent of data saturation. Data gathering tool was qualitative part of semi-structured interview research whose validity and reliability were confirmed by CVR coefficient and Kappa-Cohen test, respectively. The data gathering tool in the quantitative part is a paired comparison questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed by content validity and test-retest, respectively.

The findings of the study consist of two parts qualitative and quantitative. Thus, in the qualitative part, the antecedents and consequences of the human resources knowledge architecture were identified in an interview with experts. It is worth noting how the extraction human resources knowledge architecture antecedents and consequences is accomplished by examining interview texts using Atlas.ti software as well as live coding. In the quantitative part of the research, using the fuzzy Delphi approach, the variables were prioritized and identified the most important antecedents and consequences of human resources knowledge architecture.

Knowledge-based corporations have had a significant impact on the growth and development of different regions with the evolution of science and knowledge and the discovery of new economic findings and results. These companies play an important role in the economic growth and development of societies by commercializing their ideas and achievements. The results of this study include identifying and prioritizing human resources knowledge architecture antecedents and consequences in knowledge -based organizations. In this study, fourteen factors were identified as antecedents or, in other words, the human resources knowledge architecture in knowledge- based organizations. In addition, the results suggest that in the knowledge-based companies fourteen or consequences of the aftermath of human resources knowledge architecture.

Promoting brand personality can be a sufficient impetus for customer satisfaction, loyalty, commitment, affective and emotional attachment between customers and the brand. Hence, the current study was aimed at identifying and prioritizing the effective factors in promoting brand personality based on a mixed method research i.e., both quantitative and qualitative, which is practical regarding its purpose and descriptive-survey regarding its nature and method. The population in qualitative and quantitative sections was 15 university experts who were investigated based on purposive sampling method, required data saturation and theoretical adequacy. In qualitative section of the study, data collection instrument of the texts was based on content analysis technique. Data collection instrument in quantitative section was the expert questionnaire which its validity and reliability was measured using content validity and retesting. Data analysis was carried out by using Fuzzy Delphi Technique; then effective factors in brand personality Innovative were identified and prioritized.The results of the study included identifying the effective factors on innovative brand personality in innovative and knowledge based organizations in qualitative section and their prioritizing in quantitative section.The results show that the most important factors in promoting brand personality are: brand romance, brand written language, brand profitability, brand reliability, brand prestige, brand activism, brand color. Promoting brand personality can be a sufficient impetus for customer satisfaction, loyalty, commitment, affective and emotional attachment between customers and the brand. Hence, the current study was aimed at identifying and prioritizing the effective factors in promoting brand personality based on a mixed method research i.e., both quantitative and qualitative, which is practical regarding its purpose and descriptive-survey regarding its nature and method. The population in qualitative and quantitative sections was 15 university experts who were investigated based on purposive sampling method, required data saturation and theoretical adequacy. In qualitative section of the study, data collection instrument of the texts was based on content analysis technique. Data collection instrument in quantitative section was the expert questionnaire which its validity and reliability was measured using content validity and retesting. Data analysis was carried out by using Fuzzy Delphi Technique; then effective factors in brand personality Innovative were identified and prioritized.The results of the study included identifying the effective factors on innovative brand personality in innovative and knowledge based organizations in qualitative section and their prioritizing in quantitative section.The results show that the most important factors in promoting brand personality are: brand romance, brand written language, brand profitability, brand reliability, brand prestige, brand activism, brand color.

understanding organizational culture needs to have suitable model.according to lack of organizational culture pattern which be appropriate and be in a same truck with Islamic values, local culture ,apostolate and missions of Iran's provincial government,main purpose of study,is designing suitable model for recognizing and evaluating organizational culture of Kurdistan provincial government. Ethnical method which is a kind of qualitative method and purposive sampling and snow ball were used. At the first some interview has been done with Kurdistan provincial government's masters and dependent town's government, and was continued until reaching to Saturated view (16 people). Then the interview's output were analyzed by The theme analysis method and Nvivo10 software. Then for validating qualitative and master's consensus to making real components and recognized indicators, Fuzzy Delphi Technique was used. after that fuzzy Delphi, dimension list, recognized components and indicators were served to some university faculties and minister managers who are expert in organizational culture filed, for making sure of correctness and appropriateness of chosen equivalence and expressions for naming dimensions, components and indicators.so, last model of evaluating cultural organization of Kurdistan provincial was designed which contain 5 dimensions (culture: Transformative ,humanatative, perfectionist, Bureaucratic and Islamic_ political) 14 components and 54 indicators.

The role of effective and efficient management is becoming more important in today’s competitive world which is undoubtedly full of complexity, ambiguity, and uncertainty in challenging situations, competitions, and conflicts. People associate power with many advantages; therefore, they make many efforts to gain it in organizations. Battling for power raises the discussion of political behaviors in organizations. The aim of this study was to present a multi-index decision-making fuzzy hybrid model of qualitative analysis to identify the dimensions and indices of political behavior occurrence among CAOs at the branches of Bank Maskan in Tehran by using a fuzzy Delphi technique. Moreover, the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) technique was employed to determine how influential and influenceable the indices were. The statistical population included 20 CAOs (Bank Maskan) with at least 10 years of executive and management experience. The research results indicated that Personal Characteristics became known as the most influential dimension with the highest value of (R-J) (1.244) among the evaluation criteria for political behaviors of CAOs at Bank Maskan. Moreover, Occupational Attitudes became identified as the most influenceable dimension according to the lowest value of (R-J) (1.358). Given the highest value of (R+J), Personal Characteristics interacted the most with other dimensions (1.244).

Although many organizations have embraced the deployment and use of business intelligence systems, not all have been successful in implementing such systems. The present study has reviewed the factors affecting the effective implementation process of such systems in Iran Banking Industry. This research is an applied research in terms of purpose and a survey study in terms of implementation strategy. Also, based on the research design the present study is a descriptive study and data was collected through documentary and field studies. Statistical population of this study comprises experts and professionals in information technology who are active in implementing solutions of business intelligence in Iran Banking Industry. In this research, a comprehensive literature review has been conducted and the result was a framework for the factors affecting the implementation of business intelligence and business intelligence effectiveness criteria. Then, using this basic framework and obtaining opinions of experts by fuzzy Delphi technique approach, key factors affecting the process of implementing business intelligence and important criteria of business intelligence effectiveness in the banking industry have been identified and, finally, a model for effective implementation of business intelligence was provided. In the next step, the model was validated by confirmatory factor analysis and statistical tests. Based on the results of the research, the dimensions of the effective implementation model of business intelligence in Iran banking industry include 10 dimensions: organizational, human, data quality, environment, system capability, strategy, service quality, technical and managerial infrastructure, and the effectiveness of business intelligencev

To ensure the sustainability of tourism development, the use of techniques and practical methods for evaluating sustainability has been considered. The results of previous studies indicate that the relationship and significance of these indexes have ever been considered. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to identify the indexes of assessing the sustainability of tourism development and determining the priority of each factor, as well. The descriptive-analytical method was used as the research methods. The statistical population included the tourism professors and managers involved in tourism activities. Fuzzy Delphi, Fuzzy Network Analysis Process and Fuzzy DEMATEL techniques have been used to analyze the data. The obtained results have indicated that among the six main factors, the economic factor with a weight of 0.415 is the most important index in measuring tourism sustainability. Also, economic and cultural indexes as the most influential and effective ones have been determined in assessing the sustainability of tourism development, respectively.