Materials selection using COPRAS and COPRAS-G methods

International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity

Volumn 6, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 111-133

  Chatterjee, Prasenjit ^a   Chakraborty, Shankar ^b  

^a MCKV INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Complex proportional assessment; COPRAS; COPRAS G method; Grey number; Material selection; MCDM; Multi criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MANUFACTURE;

COMPLEX PROPORTIONAL ASSESSMENTS; COPRAS; COPRAS-G METHODS; GREY NUMBER; MATERIAL SELECTION; MCDM; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84867869313     PISSN: 17450055     EISSN: 17450063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMSI.2012.049951     Document Type: Article

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