Most engineering, economic, social and institutional decisions are made with explicit notions of optimal behavior and implicit human motivations. In such a process, manipulation of both tangible and intangible data and satisfaction of multiple criteria are essential to the success of...

This paper is concerned with the comparison of different scaling methods which are applied to a complex bridge evaluation problem. It is shown that both tangible and intangible data and satisfaction of multiple criteria are essential to the success of such projects. Some new inconsistency...

Working Capital that accounts for 20-40% of the total assets (depending on the industry) plays a challenging role in managing companies. It requires a close attention because of the threatening risk of an eventual failure to meet the financial obligations. The paper discusses the characteristics...

Transportation is a primary component of contemporary society, producing inevitable benefits, yet giving rise to many negative externalities. Constantly changing transport policies relating to the strategies and goals need to be devised to maximize the benefits and minimize the inconveniences....

In this paper a competency profile of university/college graduates is developed. A survey is conducted to measure the satisfaction of the entire teaching process with respect to 26 attributes at a local higher educational institution based on students’ opinion. The research was supported by a...

This paper is concerned with Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWUs) which have been published on the web most recently and have attracted wide attantion. One of these systems developed by academics at the Institute of Higher Education of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, is...

There are a great number of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods used in practice. Most of them have been designed to evaluate alternatives on one particular scale of measurement only. But the alternatives are characterized by many attributes which, usually, correspond to different...

Based on literature review and surveys conducted by the Faculty of Economics of Budapest Tech the importance ratings of the technical skills of American and Hungarian business students expected on entering employment are developed. The importance ratings of these technical skills are assessed by...

In this paper the employment of university/college graduates is examined. Based on international standards a competency profile of these graduates is developed. A survey is conducted to measure employer expectations versus student performance with respect to 26 attributes. The research is...