Grey-data envelopment analysis approach for solving the multi-response problem in the Taguchi method

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-158

  Al Refaie, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Grey relational analysis; Optimization; Quality loss; Super efficiency technique

Indexed keywords

DECISION-MAKING UNITS; GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; GREY RELATIONAL COEFFICIENT; MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS; MULTI-RESPONSE PROBLEM; MULTIPLE QUALITY; OPTIMIZATION QUALITY; ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; QUADRATIC LOSS; QUALITY LOSS; SUPER EFFICIENCY; TAGUCHI;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; TAGUCHI METHODS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DATA HANDLING;

EID: 76849112136     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM1525     Document Type: Article

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