Material selection using multi-criteria decision-making methods: A comparative study

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 266-285

  Athawale, Vijay Manikrao ^a   Chakraborty, Shankar ^b  

^a Government Polytechnic   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Material selection; multi criteria decision making method; performance score; ranking

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CRYOGENIC STORAGE TANK; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DESIGN ENGINEERS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; FINAL DECISION; FINITE SET; MATERIAL SELECTION; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE SCORE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POOR PERFORMANCE; PREMATURE FAILURES; RANKING; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SAILING BOATS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRODUCT DESIGN;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84870398802     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: 20413076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464420712448979     Document Type: Article

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