A methodology of determining aggregated importance of engineering characteristics in QFD

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 667-679

  Kwong, C K ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Bai, H ^a   Chan, D S K ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aggregated importance; Engineering characteristics; Fuzzy expert systems; House of quality; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CAMERAS; CORRELATION METHODS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AGGREGATED IMPORTANCE; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS; HOUSE OF QUALITY;

QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

EID: 35348911828     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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