Applying fuzzy grey relational analysis for ranking the advanced manufacturing systems

Grey Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 284-298

  Goyal, Sanjeev ^a   Grover, Sandeep ^a  

^a YMCA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Data analysis; Decision making; Fuzzy logic; Grey relational analysis; Grey systems; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887957258     PISSN: 20439377     EISSN: 20439385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20439371211260243     Document Type: Article

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