A NOVEL FUZZY INTEGRATED TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIZATION SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT

Ashish K. Sharma, Jitendra Sharma, and Ilesh C. Mehta

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