Material and process selection in product design using decision-making technique (AHP)

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 322-346

  Desai, Salil ^a   Bidanda, Bopaya ^b   Lovell, Michael R ^c  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytical hierarchy process; Decision making; Design for manufacturing; Material and process selection; Product design

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DESIGN DECISIONS; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE; DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL AND PROCESS SELECTIONS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; NEW APPROACHES;

DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY;

EID: 84860778770     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2012.046666     Document Type: Article

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