A novel fuzzy linguistic model for prioritising engineering design requirements in quality function deployment under uncertainties

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6336-6355

  Yan, Hong Bin ^a   Ma, Tieju ^a   Li, Yashuai ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

engineering design requirements; fuzzy linguistic approach; fuzzy preference relations; order based semantics; QFD

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DESIGN; FUZZY LINGUISTIC APPROACH; FUZZY LINGUISTIC MODELING; FUZZY LINGUISTIC VARIABLE; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; QFD; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENTS (QFD);

PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SEMANTICS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 84887815432     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.796423     Document Type: Article

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