Consumer-oriented product form design based on fuzzy logic: A case study of mobile phones

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 531-543

  Lin, Yang Cheng ^a   Lai, Hsin Hsi ^b   Yeh, Chung Hsing ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consumer oriented product design; Fuzzy logic; Kansei Engineering; Mobile phones; Product form; Product image

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY RULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE PHONES; NEURAL NETWORKS;

CONSUMER-ORIENTED PRODUCT DESIGN; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; KANSEI ENGINEERING; PRODUCT FORM; PRODUCT IMAGES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDUSTRY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34249063360     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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