A FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY MODEL TO APPRAISE WATER ABSORPTION PROCESS PARAMETERS IN COCOA POD HUSK COMPOSITE

Abstract

Water absorption characteristics of composites are crucial to robust composite design with integrity and long service lives. In the literature, scholars have evaluated the water absorption properties of cocoa pod husk composites but reports regarding their uncertainty and imprecision are missing. In this article, cocoa pod husk particulate reinforced composite material was analyzed for uncertainty and imprecision using the fuzzy analytic process to rank and select the important parameters of the water absorption process.

Keywords

• cocoa pod husk
• multi-criteria
• decision making
• uncertainty
• water absorption