A method to ensure preference consistency in multi-attribute selection decisions

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1002-1011

  Kulok, Michael ^a   Lewis, Kemper ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; MANUFACTURE; PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CONSISTENT PREFERENCE STRUCTURE; HYPOTHETICAL EQUIVALENTS AND INEQUIVALENTS METHOD (HEIM); MULTI-ATTRIBUTE SELECTION METHODS; PREFERENCE CONSISTENCY METHOD;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 35448988535     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2761921     Document Type: Article

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