A fuzzy-decision-tree approach for manufacturing technology selection exploiting experience-based information

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 6412-6426

  Evans, Liam ^a   Lohse, Niels ^a   Summers, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data mining; Experience based decision support; Fuzzy decision tree; Manufacturing technology selection

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FUZZY DECISION TREES; MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; OBJECTIVE APPROACHES; POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FORESTRY; MANUFACTURE; TECHNOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DECISION MAKING;

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICS; TECHNOLOGY; TREES;

EID: 84879493093     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.05.047     Document Type: Article

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