Utility-based decision support for selection in engineering design

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 887-899

  Fernández, Marco Gero ^a   Seepersad, Carolyn Conner ^a   Rosen, David W ^a   Allen, Janet K ^a   Mistree, Farrokh ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decision Support Problem; Decision Based Design; Rapid Prototyping; Selection; Utility Theory

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SELECTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

DECISION SUPPORT PROBLEMS; DECISION-BASED DESIGN; UTILITY THEORY; COVER PLATE; DECISION SUPPORTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; LIGHT SWITCHES; MATERIAL COMBINATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY; RATIONAL DECISION MAKING; SELECTION DECISIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542645207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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