A subjective and objective integrated multiple attribute decision making method for material selection

Materials and Design

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4738-4747

  Rao, R V ^a   Patel, B K ^a  

^a SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

H. Performance indices; H. Selection for material properties; H. Weighting and ranking factors

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN PROBLEMS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; H. PERFORMANCE INDICES; H. SELECTION FOR MATERIAL PROPERTIES; H. WEIGHTING AND RANKING FACTORS; LOGICAL METHODS; MATERIAL SELECTION; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; OBJECTIVE WEIGHT; OPTIMAL MATERIALS; QUALITATIVE ATTRIBUTES; QUANTITATIVE ATTRIBUTES; SELECTION DECISIONS;

AVIONICS; FUZZY LOGIC; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; TEXTILE MILLS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77954144131     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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