Multi Criteria Decision Analysis for Supporting the Selection of - Engineering Materials in Product Desig

Informationen zum Autor Professor Edwards leads research! knowledge transfer and doctoral training in technology innovation. He also advises nationally on educational and professional development standards. Professor Edwards has held senior appointments in higher education! manufacturing industry and engineering consultancy. His broad experience of academic management! curriculum development and quality assurance underpins teaching! research and professional practice in advanced materials engineering! product design and innovation management! with particular expertise in design decision support and new product development. Professor Edwards has worked on numerous large-scale collaborative multidisciplinary research programmes! resulting in the development of novel materials technologies and computer-based design tools. Klappentext It is a constant challenge for designers! even when educated in the fundamentals of materials and mechanical engineering! to be able to optimally select materials to satisfy complex design problems! faced with the vast range of materials available. Current approaches to materials selection range from the use of intuition and experience to more formalized methods. The latter is available in computer-based form and includes electronic databases with search engines to facilitate the materials selection process. Recently! MCDM methods have been being applied to materials selection! demonstrating significant capability for tackling complex design problems. This book describes the growing field of MCDM applied to materials selection. It is intended for academic teaching and research as well as practitioners involved in materials engineering and design.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin L. Edwards, Ali Jahan, Ali Edwards Jahan
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9780080993867
• ISBN: 978-0-08-099386-7
• No. of pages: 124
• Series: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering