An integrated fuzzy MCDM based approach for robot selection considering objective and subjective criteria

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-41

  Parameshwaran, R ^a   Praveen Kumar, S ^a   Saravanakumar, K ^a  

^a KONGU ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

FAHP; FDM; Fuzzy TOPSIS; Fuzzy VIKOR and Brown Gibson model; Robot selection

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; FAHP; FUZZY DELPHI METHOD; FUZZY TOPSIS; FUZZY VIKOR; INTEGRATED APPROACH; OPTIMAL SELECTION; ROBOT SELECTION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84908332581     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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