Research on evaluation methods for product configuration base on the entropy technology and AHP

The evaluation of product configuration plays a very important role in product configu- ration design.Now the evaluations are mostly qualitative,and the results usually are some what subjective arbitrariness.To evaluate product configuration project more rationally and objectively, an analytical hierarchy process (AHP)-entropy technology-based approach of configuration project evaluation is proposed.The AHP method and the entropy technology are used to determine the weighs of each index,and the realistic rationality.of the AHP and the objectivity of the entropy technology are combined,which makes the evaluation results objective and reasonable.Finally,an example of the scraper is presented to verify the proposed approach.