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| Title: | Evaluation of a conveyor belt material based on multi-criteria decision making |
| Authors: | Bhattacharya, S
Sarkar, B
Mukherjee, R N |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2004 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.7 B29D 29/06 |
| Abstract: | Conveyor belts are
required to transport different types of materials in industries under varying
operating conditions. A number of materials for such belts are available in the
market. However, it is impossible to identify one such material, which will
perfectly respond to all such requirements in a given environment. Hence arises
the question of optimization. The present paper is based on one such optimization
technique known as analytic hierarchy process (AHP). It considers a number of
alternative materials as well as design criteria and arrives at the most
suitable material. The algorithm calculates the priority vector (PV) values by
eigen-vector method of pair-wise comparison. These PV values are calculated
through an iterative process, and are accepted if the concerned matrices yield
consistency ratios (CR) below a specific limit. Finally, composite priority
(CP) values are calculated, and the alternatives are ranked according to their
CP values. The algorithm is coded in FORTRAN language. The program is general,
and can be used to handle smaller or larger number of criteria and alternatives
as well. |
| Page(s): | 401-405 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1017 (Online); 0971-4588 (Print) |
| Source: | IJEMS Vol.11(5) [October 2004]
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