Selection of Cotton Fabrics for Optimal Comfort Properties Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Authors

  • MD Samsu Alam Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi New Delhi 110016, India
  • Anindya Ghosh Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore, 742101, India Affilated to West Bengal University of Technolgy, West Bengal India

Abstract

This paper presents a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) approach to evaluate the thermal comfort index of fabrics by considering four decision criteria of fabric parameters such as cover, thickness, areal density (GSM) and porosity. The weight or relative importance of each criterion is decided by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method of MCDM has been used to rank different types of cotton fabrics in terms of their thermal comfort level. The ranking of fabrics by this method yields a reasonable degree of agreement with the ranking based on thermal resistance value.

Author Biographies

  • MD Samsu Alam, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi New Delhi 110016, India
    PhD Research Scholar at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi New Delhi 110016, India past: Assistant Professor Department of Textile Technology Shri Vaishnav Institute of Technology & Science, Indore affilated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Technology, Bhopal, India
  • Anindya Ghosh, Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore, 742101, India Affilated to West Bengal University of Technolgy, West Bengal India
    Assistant Professor Department of Textile Technology Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore, 742101, India Past: PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi New Delhi 110016, India

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Published

2013-12-03

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2013)

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Peer Reviewed Article

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