PMID- 27070543
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160829
LR  - 20190219
IS  - 1932-6203 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-6203 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 4
DP  - 2016
TI  - An Integrated MCDM Model for Conveyor Equipment Evaluation and Selection in an 
      FMC Based on a Fuzzy AHP and Fuzzy ARAS in the Presence of Vagueness.
PG  - e0153222
LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0153222 [doi]
LID - e0153222
AB  - The conveyor system plays a vital role in improving the performance of flexible 
      manufacturing cells (FMCs). The conveyor selection problem involves the 
      evaluation of a set of potential alternatives based on qualitative and 
      quantitative criteria. This paper presents an integrated multi-criteria decision 
      making (MCDM) model of a fuzzy AHP (analytic hierarchy process) and fuzzy ARAS 
      (additive ratio assessment) for conveyor evaluation and selection. In this model, 
      linguistic terms represented as triangular fuzzy numbers are used to quantify 
      experts' uncertain assessments of alternatives with respect to the criteria. The 
      fuzzy set is then integrated into the AHP to determine the weights of the 
      criteria. Finally, a fuzzy ARAS is used to calculate the weights of the 
      alternatives. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model, a case 
      study is performed of a practical example, and the results obtained demonstrate 
      practical potential for the implementation of FMCs.
FAU - Nguyen, Huu-Tho
AU  - Nguyen HT
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of 
      Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Dawal, Siti Zawiah Md
AU  - Dawal SZ
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of 
      Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Nukman, Yusoff
AU  - Nukman Y
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of 
      Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Rifai, Achmad P
AU  - Rifai AP
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of 
      Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
FAU - Aoyama, Hideki
AU  - Aoyama H
AD  - School of Integrated Design Engineering, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20160412
PL  - United States
TA  - PLoS One
JT  - PloS one
JID - 101285081
SB  - IM
MH  - Decision Making
MH  - *Decision Support Techniques
MH  - Engineering
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - *Fuzzy Logic
MH  - *Manufacturing Industry
PMC - PMC4829176
COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2016/04/14 06:00
MHDA- 2016/08/30 06:00
PMCR- 2016/04/12
CRDT- 2016/04/13 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/03/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/04/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/04/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/08/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/04/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - PONE-D-15-48161 [pii]
AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0153222 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - PLoS One. 2016 Apr 12;11(4):e0153222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153222. 
      eCollection 2016.