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Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process for the Selection of Cotton Fibers  

Majumdar Abhijit (College of Textile Technology)
Sarkar Bijan (Department of Production Engineering, Jadavpur University)
Majumdar Prabal Kumar (College of Textile Technology)
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Fibers and Polymers / v.5, no.4, 2004 , pp. 297-302 More about this Journal
Abstract
In many engineering applications, the final decision is based on the evaluation of a number of alternatives in terms of a number of criteria. This problem may become very intricate when the selection criteria are expressed in terms of different units or the pertinent data are difficult to be quantified. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an effective way in dealing with such kind of complicated problems. Cotton fiber is selected or graded, in the spinning industries, based on several quality criteria. However, the existing selection or grading method based on Fiber quality Index (FqI) is rather crude and ambiguous. This paper presents a novel approach of cotton fiber selection using the AHP methodology of Multi Criteria Decision Making.
Keywords
Analytic Hierarchy Process; Cotton fiber; Elongation; Micronaire; Tenacity; Uniformity index; Upper half mean length;
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