An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection

Materials selection is an onerous but very important activity in the design process. An inappropriate choice of material(s) can adversely affect the productivity and profitability and hence reputation of a manufacturing organization. The complexity of materials selection makes multi-criteria analysi...

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Main Authors: Jahan, Ali, M. Yusof, Ismail, S., Shuib, Dayangku Noorfazidah, Awang Sh'ri, Edwards, K. L.
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Published: Elsevier Ltd 2011
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author Jahan, Ali
M. Yusof, Ismail
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Dayangku Noorfazidah, Awang Sh'ri
Edwards, K. L.
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description Materials selection is an onerous but very important activity in the design process. An inappropriate choice of material(s) can adversely affect the productivity and profitability and hence reputation of a manufacturing organization. The complexity of materials selection makes multi-criteria analysis an invaluable tool in the engineering design process. However, the application of various multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods can yield different results, especially when alternatives lead to similar performance. Therefore, an aggregation technique is proposed in this paper for optimal decision-making. In this approach, ranking orders obtained by various MCDM methods are used as the input of the suggested procedure and the outputs are aggregation rankings, which help designers and engineers to reach a consensus on materials selection for a specific application. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the application of this procedure and its effectiveness in obtaining optimal materials selection.
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spelling ump-257162020-02-14T08:02:59Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25716/ An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection Jahan, Ali M. Yusof, Ismail S., Shuib Dayangku Noorfazidah, Awang Sh'ri Edwards, K. L. TS Manufactures Materials selection is an onerous but very important activity in the design process. An inappropriate choice of material(s) can adversely affect the productivity and profitability and hence reputation of a manufacturing organization. The complexity of materials selection makes multi-criteria analysis an invaluable tool in the engineering design process. However, the application of various multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods can yield different results, especially when alternatives lead to similar performance. Therefore, an aggregation technique is proposed in this paper for optimal decision-making. In this approach, ranking orders obtained by various MCDM methods are used as the input of the suggested procedure and the outputs are aggregation rankings, which help designers and engineers to reach a consensus on materials selection for a specific application. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the application of this procedure and its effectiveness in obtaining optimal materials selection. Elsevier Ltd 2011 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25716/1/An%20aggregation%20technique%20for%20optimal%20decision-making%20in%20materials%20selection.pdf Jahan, Ali and M. Yusof, Ismail and S., Shuib and Dayangku Noorfazidah, Awang Sh'ri and Edwards, K. L. (2011) An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection. Materials & Design, 32 (10). pp. 4918-4924. ISSN 0264-1275. (Published) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.05.050 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2011.05.050
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Jahan, Ali
M. Yusof, Ismail
S., Shuib
Dayangku Noorfazidah, Awang Sh'ri
Edwards, K. L.
An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
title An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
title_full An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
title_fullStr An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
title_full_unstemmed An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
title_short An aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
title_sort aggregation technique for optimal decision-making in materials selection
topic TS Manufactures
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