Fuzzy logic approach to prioritise engineering characteristics in quality function deployment (FL-QFD)

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1012-1023

  Ramasamy, N Rajam ^a   Selladurai, V ^a  

^a Coimbatore Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Customer requirements; Fuzzy logic; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747875826     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710410561826     Document Type: Review

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