A hybrid fuzzy MCDM approach to prioritize organization's activities based on fuzzy analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy DEMATEL

Decision makers need to prioritize the organization’s activities in order to allocate resources optimally. Prioritization of activities is a multi-criteria problem that includes both quantitative and qualitative factors. The C4ISR framework is a well-known and widely used framework that describes the activities of the organization using the Activity Model (OV-5) product. In this paper, a new fuzzy hybrid methodology is proposed to describe and prioritize the activities of the organization in fuzzy conditions. First, the activities of the organization are described in a fuzzy format. Then, Activities are prioritized by the use of a hybrid method based on fuzzy DEMATEL and fuzzy AHP. Fuzzy AHP is used to calculate the weight of each activity and Fuzzy DEMATEL is used to calculate the interdependencies between activities. Finally, the Science and Technology Parks of Iran as an empirical study is presented to illustrate the application of the proposed method.