Ranking of customer requirements using the fuzzy centroid-based method

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-216

  Mehdizadeh, Esmaeil ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Customer services management; Mathematical modelling; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649144411     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711011014311     Document Type: Article

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