Fuzzy approaches for constructing house of quality in QFD and its applications: A group decision-making method

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-87

  Chen, Liang Hsuan ^a   Ko, Wen Chang ^b   Tseng, Chien Yao ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Uni World Engineering Company Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy approach; group decision making (GDM); house of quality (HOQ); new product development; quality function deployment (QFD)

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING APPROACH; CONSTRUCTION PROCESS; CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; DESIGN STAGE; FUZZY APPROACH; GROUP DECISION MAKING; HOUSE OF QUALITY; IMPRECISE INFORMATION; INTERNAL RESOURCES; NEW PRODUCT DESIGN; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SET THEORY; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

HOUSES;

EID: 84872678141     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2012.2204063     Document Type: Article

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