A rough set based decision support approach to improving consumer affective satisfaction in product design

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-302

  Zhai, Lian Yin ^a   Khoo, Li Pheng ^a   Zhong, Zhao Wei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Affective design; Consumer affective satisfaction; Human affection; Product development; Rough sets

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE DESIGN; CONSUMER AFFECTIVE SATISFACTION; CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN DATUM; DESIGN ELEMENTS; DESIGN OF PRODUCTS; HUMAN AFFECTION; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; KANSEI ENGINEERINGS; MAPPING PROCESS; NON LINEARITIES; PRODUCT FEATURES; ROUGH SETS; ROUGH-SET BASED;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DESIGN; FUZZY SETS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAMMING THEORY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SET THEORY;

ROUGH SET THEORY;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT AFFECTIVE DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ROUGH SET; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 59749084592     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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