Multiattribute decision making using hypothetical equivalents

ASME 2002 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE2002

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 401-410

  See, Tung King ^a   Lewis, Kemper ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; ENGINEERING DESIGN; MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; RANKING METHODS; SELECTION PROBLEMS; WEIGHTED SUM; WEIGHTED SUM APPROACHES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0036977109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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