With the increasing product variety, companies aim to become better than their competitors
by providing a superior product developed with a customer-oriented product design …

Due to the diversity of information, many decision-making problems cannot be solved based
on a single criterion. The complexity of assessment objects and the limitations of individual …

Traditional Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods have now become outdated;
therefore, most researchers are focusing on more robust hybrid MCDM models that combine …

Material handling equipment (MHE) selection is a rapidly increasing multi-criteria decision-
making (MCDM) issue with a plethora of factors affecting the selection process. The proper …

Quality characteristics (QCs) prioritization is a criterial issue in QFD. However, due to its own
inherent flaws, QFD is in a difficult situation in practical applications. As an effective method …

The healthcare industry is labeled with high technology and high risk. With the increasing
role of healthcare technologies, the fast pace of medical science, and the industry's ever …

The selection and assessment process of appropriate robots became a more complex and
complicated task due to various available alternatives and conflicting attributes which must …

Abstract The FBS (Function-Behaviour-Structure) model is a research model that stimulates
creative thinking of designers in the design process. In order to reduce the influence of user …

Due to increased demands of production capacity and higher quality requirements,
industries are automating at a fast pace. Industrial robots are an important component of the …

People make decisions based on their cognitive information about the objective world.
Zadeh's Z-number allows people to better express their cognition of the real world by …