The philosophical issues raised by fuzzy set theory
Fuzzy Sets and Systems - Interpretations of Grades on Membership
Quality function deployment as applied to a health care system
CIE '96 Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Computers and industrial engineering
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Fuzzy group decision-making for facility location selection
Information Sciences—Informatics and Computer Science: An International Journal
Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems: Applications in Engineering and Technology
Using the analytic network process (ANP) in a SWOT analysis - A case study for a textile firm
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Advanced Engineering Informatics
Manufacturing evaluation system based on AHP/ANP approach for wafer fabricating industry
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Using QFD and ANP to analyze the environmental production requirements in linguistic preferences
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Estimating the functional relationships for quality function deployment under uncertainties
Fuzzy Sets and Systems
Fuzzy analytic network process and its application to the development of decision support systems
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews
Computers and Industrial Engineering
A knowledge based system for automated design of deep drawing die for axisymmetric parts
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a popular planning method often used to transform customer demands/requirements into the technical characteristics of a new or improved product or service. In order to better capture (and represent) the multifarious relationships between customer requirements and technical characteristics, and the relative weights among customer requirements, in this study a hybrid analytic network process (ANP)-weighted fuzzy methodology is proposed. The goal is to synthesize renowned capabilities of ANP and fuzzy logic to better rank technical characteristics of a product (or a service) while implementing QFD. To demonstrate the viability of the proposed methodology a real-world scenario, where a new equipment to squeeze the polyethylene pipes to stop the gas flow without damaging the pipes, is developed. The ranking of technical characteristics of the product is calculated using both crisp and fuzzy weights for illustration and comparison purposes.