Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner

A need for incorporating sustainability requirements during product development phase so as to ensure green initiatives is the vital focus of today's industries. However, proposed approaches are lacking in terms of sustainability aspects and difficulty in selecting the most sustainable product...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul, Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri, Sharif, Safian, Omar, Badrul
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Published: Inderscience 2012
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSM.2012.048585
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spelling my.utm.328512019-01-28T03:50:08Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32851/ Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri Sharif, Safian Omar, Badrul TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery A need for incorporating sustainability requirements during product development phase so as to ensure green initiatives is the vital focus of today's industries. However, proposed approaches are lacking in terms of sustainability aspects and difficulty in selecting the most sustainable product assembly model at the end of the methodologies. Besides, useful tools such as life-cycle assessment (LCA), streamlined LCA and environmental matrix for assessing the environmental impacts associated with a product have been incorporated in order to fulfil those limitations but the variation in price and complexity makes it difficult to match the goal, scope and budget of the product design. Therefore, this study presents an integrated morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for producing products in sustainable manner that caters to environment, economic and social aspects. As a result from the case study, the most sustainable of new portable vacuum cleaner models can be systematically selected. Inderscience 2012 Article PeerReviewed Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul and Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri and Sharif, Safian and Omar, Badrul (2012) Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner. International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, 2 (4). pp. 293-316. ISSN 1742-7223 https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSM.2012.048585 DOI:10.1504/IJSM.2012.048585
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul
Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri
Sharif, Safian
Omar, Badrul
Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
description A need for incorporating sustainability requirements during product development phase so as to ensure green initiatives is the vital focus of today's industries. However, proposed approaches are lacking in terms of sustainability aspects and difficulty in selecting the most sustainable product assembly model at the end of the methodologies. Besides, useful tools such as life-cycle assessment (LCA), streamlined LCA and environmental matrix for assessing the environmental impacts associated with a product have been incorporated in order to fulfil those limitations but the variation in price and complexity makes it difficult to match the goal, scope and budget of the product design. Therefore, this study presents an integrated morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for producing products in sustainable manner that caters to environment, economic and social aspects. As a result from the case study, the most sustainable of new portable vacuum cleaner models can be systematically selected.
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author Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul
Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri
Sharif, Safian
Omar, Badrul
author_facet Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul
Mat Saman, Muhamad Zameri
Sharif, Safian
Omar, Badrul
author_sort Hassan, Mohd. Fahrul
title Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
title_short Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
title_full Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
title_fullStr Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
title_full_unstemmed Integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
title_sort integration of morphological analysis theory and artificial neural network approach for sustainable product design: a case study of portable vacuum cleaner
publisher Inderscience
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32851/
https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJSM.2012.048585
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