An integrated approach for designing office chair with ergonomic consideration

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-220

  Mohanty, Pragyan Paramita ^a   Mahapatra, Siba Sankar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive neuro fuzzy system; ANFIS; Ergonomics; Factor analysis; Office chair; Taguchi method.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893228086     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2014.058843     Document Type: Article

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