A fuzzy weighted wedge mechanism for feasibility assessment of system reliability during conceptual design

Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-187

  Verma, Dinesh ^a   Knezevic, Jezdimir ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance analysis; Conceptual design; Defuzzification; Feasibility analysis; Ranking fuzzy sets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001285148     PISSN: 01650114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0114(95)00389-4     Document Type: Article

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