TY - JOUR
TI - New approach to equipment quality evaluation method with distinct functions
AU - Milisavljević Vladimir
AU - Medenica Dragan M
AU - Čokorilo Vojin
AU - Ristović Ivica M
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2016
VL - 20
IS - 2
SP - 743
EP - 752
PT - Article
AB - The paper presents new approach for improving method for quality evaluation  and selection of equipment (devices and machinery) by applying distinct  functions. Quality evaluation and selection of devices and machinery is a  multi-criteria problem which involves the consideration of numerous  parameters of various origins. Original selection method with distinct  functions is based on technical parameters with arbitrary evaluation of each  parameter importance (weighting). Improvement of this method, presented in  this paper, addresses the issue of weighting of parameters by using Delphi  Method. Finally, two case studies are provided, which included quality  evaluation of standard boilers for heating and evaluation of load-haul-dump  (LHD) machines, to demonstrate applicability of this approach. Analytical  Hierarchical Process (AHP) is used as a control method.