A design for environment methodology for evaluation and improvement of derivative consumer electronic product development

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-274

  Chiang, Tzu An ^a   Che, Z H ^b   Wang, Tung Te ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back propagation neural network; design for environment; ecodesign; product development; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BACK PROPAGATION NEURAL NETWORKS; CIRCUIT BOARDS; DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT MODEL; NEW PRODUCT; OPTICAL MICE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE RANKINGS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TOPSIS; TOPSIS METHOD; USB CABLES;

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPETITION; DESIGN; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; NEURAL NETWORKS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052958222     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-011-5168-8     Document Type: Article

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