THE LOCATION OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX USING COMBINED MODEL OF FUZZY MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (INCLUDING CASE-STUDY)

One of the important factors in competitiveness of industrial complexes is to determine the best site to establish them and lack of observation of scientific criteria in locating can lead to various problems. This study is a descriptive design. To formulate theoretical framework and review of literature, library method, questionnaire, interview and internet searching are used.To establish this industrial complex, some items of special and free zone are selected. In this study, fuzzy multi-criteria decision making methods are used. To do this, for prioritization of criteria including costs, human, technique, geographical conditions, economic conditions, transportation network, rules, suppliers and consumers, FAHP method and for prioritization of sites, FVIKOR method is used. A questionnaire is designed for classification and reduction of criteria and another questionnaire is designed to prioritize the criteria and sites and they are distributed among 10 special and free zone experts. After data analysis, the rules were the most effective criterion and Shiraz special zone was the best site to establish this industrial complex.