A fuzzy group-preferences analysis method for new-product development

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 826-834

  Lo, Chin Chun ^a   Wang, Ping ^a   Chao, Kuo Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group decision making; Idea screening; New product development; Similarity measure; Vague sets

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

GROUP DECISION MAKING; IDEA SCREENING; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SIMILARITY MEASURE; VAGUE SET;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 33746050886     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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