Discussion of the design philosophy and modified non-expert fuzzy set model for better product design

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-548

  Gong, Shaowei ^a  

^a Green Standard Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy sets; Ideological evaluation; Modified hamming distance; Non expert evaluation; Physical evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548669574     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820600665181     Document Type: Article

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