Technical importance ratings in fuzzy QFD by integrating fuzzy normalization and fuzzy weighted average

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4207-4221

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a   Chin, Kwai Sang ^b  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alpha level sets; Fuzzy normalization; Fuzzy QFD; Fuzzy weighted average; Technical importance ratings

Indexed keywords

FUZZY NORMALIZATION; FUZZY QFD; FUZZY WEIGHTED AVERAGE; IMPORTANCE RATING; LEVEL SET;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 80755175846     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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