A satisfaction function and distance measure based multi-criteria robot selection procedure

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5821-5832

  Kentli, A ^a   Kar, A K ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

distance measure; multi criteria decision making; robot selection; satisfaction function

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASURE; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA; ROBOT SELECTION; SATISFACTION FUNCTIONS;

DECISION MAKING;

ROBOTS;

EID: 80051771400     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.530623     Document Type: Article

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