Application of Fuzzy VIKOR for selection of rapid prototyping technologies in an agile environment

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 523-532

  Vinodh, S ^a   Nagaraj, Sakthi ^a   Girubha, Jeya ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Multi criteria decision making; Pump impeller; Rapid prototyping; VIKOR

Indexed keywords

FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; IMPELLERS; PUMPS; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PUMP IMPELLER; RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY; VIKOR;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84919716152     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/RPJ-07-2012-0060     Document Type: Article

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