Application of grey relational analysis for ranking material options

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 210-217

  Chan, Joseph W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Grey relational analysis; Materials selection; Multi criteria decisions analysis; Outranking decisions

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; MATERIALS SELECTION; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISIONS ANALYSIS; OUTRANKING DECISIONS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 33845957934     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2006.010766     Document Type: Article

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