Projection Method for Material Selection Problem with Interval Numbers

Abstract:

Material selection problem is important for the product design, and contains many influence factors. Thus it is actually a multi-attribute decision making (MADM) problems. The aim of this paper is to propose a new decision method based on the projection method for the material selection problem, in which attribute values expressed with interval numbers. An objective determining weights method is proposed according to coefficient of variation method. A practical example is used to illustrate the effectiveness and practicability of the proposed method.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1022)
• Pages: 14-17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1022.14
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Lian Wu Yang*
• Keywords: Coefficient of Variation, Material Selection, Multi-Attribute Decision Making, Projection Method

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