A Quality Function Deployment (QFD) approach to designing a prosthetic myoelectric hand

Abstract

This paper presents a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) model based on computing with words. It is specifically used in the House of Quality (HOQ) construction phase. It illustrates the methodology employed in designing a prosthetic myoelectric hand.

Keywords

• quality function deployment (QFD)
• house of quality (HOQ)
• quality
• product design
• user's voice
• customer demands
• quality characteristics
• fuzzy set
• fuzzy arithmetic
• word-based computation system
• fuzzy net
• prosthetic myoelectric hand