Measuring six sigma project effectiveness using fuzzy approach

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 417-430

  Ray, Sanjit ^a   Das, Prasun ^b   Bhattacharyay, B K ^c   Antony, Jiju ^d  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fuzzy Logic; linguistic variables; project measurement system; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION; LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROJECT SELECTION; SIX SIGMA; SIX SIGMA PROJECT; SIX-SIGMA METHODOLOGY;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; LINGUISTICS; MEASUREMENTS;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84875368462     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.1391     Document Type: Article

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