Assessing the relative importance weights of customer requirements using multiple preference formats and nonlinear programming

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4414-4425

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

customer requirements; nonlinear programming; preference formats; quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS; INFORMATION DISTORTION; INFORMATION LOSS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PREFERENCE FORMATS; PRODUCT PLANNING; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

SALES;

EID: 84865000640     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.596848     Document Type: Article

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