A quantitative approach in environmentally conscious product design support

Author

Zhang, Hong-Chao ; Yu, Steven Yue

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Eng., Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

285

Abstract

This paper presents a quantitative methodology for multi-objective environmentally conscious design. Environmental objectives include disassemblability, recyclability, material selection and serviceability. Some of them are qualitative in nature, leading to large uncertainties of measurement and comparison. Thus it is necessary to develop a generic methodology for quantitative measurement on specific environmental aspects as well as on overall environmental performance. The proposed methodology is based on fuzzy theory, graph theory, and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) theory

Keywords

design for environment; fuzzy set theory; graph theory; recycling; analytic hierarchy process theory; disassemblability; environmental aspects; environmental objectives; environmentally conscious product design support; fuzzy theory; graph theory; material selection; multi-objective environmentally conscious design; overall environmental performance; quantitative methodology; recyclability; serviceability; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy set theory; Fuzzy sets; Graph theory; Industrial engineering; Manufacturing industries; Measurement uncertainty; Process design; Product design; Set theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and the Environment, 1999. ISEE -1999. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Danvers, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5495-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.1999.765890

Filename

765890