Product and process cost estimation with fuzzy multi-attribute utility theory

Engineering Economist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-331

  Ting, P K Dean ^a   Zhang, Chuck ^a   Wang, Ben ^a   Deshmukh, Abhijit ^a   Dubrosky, Barbara ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pratt and Whitney ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; COST OF NEW TECHNOLOGY; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; MULTI-ATTRIBUTE UTILITY THEORY; PRODUCT ENGINEERING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; DESIGN; MANUFACTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST ENGINEERING;

EID: 0001087897     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137919908967526     Document Type: Article

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