Considerable effort has been spent on the development of normalization models in multi-
attribute decision-making (MADM) but despite all of these there is no definitive answer to …

The selection of a material for a specific engineering purpose is a lengthy and expensive
process. Approximately always more than one material is suitable for an engineering …

An accessible introduction to metaheuristics and optimization, featuring powerful and
modern algorithms for application across engineering and the sciences From engineering …

Modern metaheuristic algorithms such as particle swarm optimization and cuckoo search
start to demonstrate their power in dealing with tough optimization problems and even NP …

Sustainable material selection represents an important strategy in building design. Current
building materials selection methods fail to provide adequate solutions for two major issues …

Multi-criteria Decision Analysis for Supporting the Selection of Engineering Materials in
Product Design, Second Edition, provides readers with tactics they can use to optimally …

The choice of materials for a manufacturing enterprise is important. An improper selection
can negatively affect productivity, profitability and undermine the reputation of an enterprise …

Buildings have a significant and continuously increasing impact on the environment
because they are responsible for a large portion of carbon emissions and use a …

Purpose–Selection of sustainable building materials represents an important strategy in the
design and construction of a building. A principal challenge therefore is the identification of …

Material properties and selection are very important in product design. To get more
sustainable products, not only the technical and economic factors, but also the …