A hybrid fuzzy AHP-PROMETHEE decision support system for machine tool selection in flexible manufacturing cell

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2137-2149

  Taha, Zahari ^a   Rostam, Sarkawt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CNC machines; Decision making; FMC; Fuzzy AHP; Machine selection; PROMETHEE

Indexed keywords

CNC MACHINE; FMC; FUZZY AHP; MACHINE SELECTION; PROMETHEE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MACHINE TOOLS; MATLAB;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870934893     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-011-0560-2     Document Type: Article

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