A fuzzy-normalisation-based group decision-making approach for prioritising engineering design requirements in QFD under uncertainty

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6963-6977

  Wang, Ying Ming ^a,b  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

engineering design requirements; fuzzy group decision making; fuzzy normalisation; priority ranking; quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; DESIGN TEAM; ENGINEERING DESIGN; FUZZY GROUP DECISION MAKING; FUZZY GROUPS; GROUP DECISION; GROUP DECISION-MAKING; IMPORTANCE RATING; NEW PRODUCT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NORMALISATION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PRIORITY RANKING; TEAM MEMBERS; THEORETICAL BASIS;

AGGREGATES; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; FUZZY SET THEORY; FUZZY SETS; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SALES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84868534559     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.639398     Document Type: Article

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