A fuzzy integrated methodology for evaluating conceptual bridge design

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4910-4920

  Malekly, H ^a   Meysam Mousavi, S ^a   Hashemi, H ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Fuzzy set theory; Highway bridge projects; QFD; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

AMBIGUOUS DATA; BRIDGE DESIGN; BRIDGE SUPERSTRUCTURE; DECISION PROCESS; DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN IDEAS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; EXPERT TEAMS; FUZZY ENVIRONMENTS; HIGHWAY BRIDGE DESIGN; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INTEGRATED METHODOLOGY; INTEGRATED OPTIMIZATION; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT REQUIREMENT; SECOND PHASE; TEHRAN , IRAN;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

HIGHWAY BRIDGES;

EID: 77950189840     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.024     Document Type: Article

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