Faculty of Management, University of Tehran Journal of Information Technology Management 2008-5893 7 3 2015 09 01 Provide a decision support system for locating new businesses (Ccase study: Locating toy manufacturing) ارائۀ سامانۀ پشتیبان تصمیمِ مکان یابی برای کسب وکارهای جدید؛ موردکاوی مکان یابی واحد اسباب بازی 573 594 54001 10.22059/jitm.2015.54001 EN Amirhossein Rahbar Ph.D. Candidate in futue study, Faculty of new sciences and technologies University of Tehran, Iran Ali Lahoutian Ph.D. Candidate in public administration, Faculty of Management University of Tehran, Iran Mahmoud Vahedi Moghaddam MSc in electronic business, Faculty of Management University of shiraz, Iran Journal Article 2014 08 05 Concept of locating business units includes the most important factors in their success and one the most competitive advantage of industrial units. Entrepreneurs have been considered in this context, and different mathematical models have been developed. This paper aims to develop a decision support system based on a mathematical model in linear programming. In a comprehensive approach to this article, three general headings can be recognized. First, as background concepts related to decision support systems, expert systems and mathematics of location reviewed. On the second part, the foundations of mathematics and logic model used in this study is explained. Finally, the samples software designed to implement the model are introduced and as a case study finding a best place for a toy manufacturing is studied and based on the outputs of software the province of Qom have introduced. https://jitm.ut.ac.ir/article_54001_7873f47687cc3fa98818d8a547e37ef4.pdf