Industrial robot selection using a novel decision making method considering objective and subjective preferences

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 367-375

  Rao, R V ^a   Patel, B K ^a   Parnichkun, M ^b  

^a SARDAR VALLABHBHAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Integrated weights; Multiple attribute decision making; Objective weights; Robot selection; Subjective weights

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED WEIGHTS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; OBJECTIVE WEIGHTS; ROBOT SELECTION; SUBJECTIVE WEIGHTS;

FUZZY LOGIC; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTEGRATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79955547217     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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