A TOPSIS-based Taguchi optimization to determine optimal mixture proportions of the high strength self-compacting concrete

Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-32

  Şimşek, Bariş ^a   Iç, Yusuf Tansel ^b   Şimşek, Emir H ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

High strength self compacting concrete (HSSCC); Multi response optimization; Taguchi method; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABSORPTION; AIRFLOW; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO AN IDEAL SOLUTION METHOD; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

EID: 84876469251     PISSN: 01697439     EISSN: 18733239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemolab.2013.03.012     Document Type: Article

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