A stakeholder-oriented innovative product conceptualization strategy based on fuzzy integrals

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-209

  Yan, Wei ^a   Chen, Chun Hsien ^b   Chang, Daofang ^c   Chong, Yih Tng ^b  

^a SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

BUSINESS MANAGERS; CELLULAR PHONE DESIGNS; COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVES; CUSTOMER-ORIENTED DESIGNS; DESIGN KNOWLEDGE HIERARCHIES; END USERS; FUZZY INTEGRALS; GENERAL SORTING; HOLISTIC MANNERS; INNOVATIVE DESIGNS; INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS; INPUT FEATURES; MATRIXES; PRODUCT CONCEPTS; PRODUCT PLATFORMS; PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS; REPERTORY GRIDS; SPECIFIC DESIGNS;

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 62749117281     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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