A fuzzy-QFD approach to the assessment of green construction alternatives based on value engineering

Proceedings - International Conference on Management and Service Science, MASS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Shi, Qian ^a   Xie, Xin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fuzzy set; Green construction; Quality function deployment (QFD); Value engineering

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PHASE; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM; CONSTRUCTION QUALITY; COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; EVALUATION MODELS; EVALUATION PROCESS; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN CONSTRUCTION; RESOURCES CONSUMPTION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST ACCOUNTING; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALUE ENGINEERING;

FUZZY SET THEORY;

EID: 73849121222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMSS.2009.5302692     Document Type: Conference Paper

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