Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a decision support model for supplier
selection based on analytic hierarchy process (AHP) using a case of automotive industry in …

Materials selection in manufacturing process is an important stage and should be performed
in parallel with selection of manufacturing process. In automotive industry, production of …

Concurrent Engineering (CE) is regarded as a systematic design approach which integrates
concurrent design of product with the related processes which is able to accomplish product …

The increased number of natural hazards due to climate variability has resulted in numerous
disasters in developing countries. In the Philippines, these are expected to be more common …

Highlights•Seven specifications of a prototyping framework are identified from the
literature.•A benchmark study of novice designers' understanding of prototyping is …

The importance of concept selection in the engineering design process cannot be
overemphasized. It is a major activity that can assist manufacturers to identify optimal …

An information fusion system with local sensors sometimes requires the capability to
represent the temporal changes of uncertain sensory information in dynamic and uncertain …

In the present era of rapid economic development, successive governments in India have
placed priority on 'inclusive economic growth and social justice'. After independence, India …

Human resources within a company's organization are significant to support the progress
and quality of the company in achieving the goal. However, to achieve it all of these …

Abstract Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) is a sub-discipline of operations research
that aims to solve multi-objective optimization problems by evaluating competing factors in …