A group decision-making approach to uncertain quality function deployment based on fuzzy preference relation and fuzzy majority

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 815-829

  Yan, Hong Bin ^a   Ma, Tieju ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fuzzy majority; Fuzzy preference relation ; Group decision making approach; QFD; Quality management; Uncertain

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SALES; SEMANTICS;

APPLICATION CONTEXTS; FUZZY MAJORITY; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; GROUP DECISION MAKING; LINGUISTIC INFORMATION; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENTS (QFD); SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS; UNCERTAIN;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84916618555     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.09.017     Document Type: Article

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