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Prioritization of Attributes for Palletizing Robots in Beverage Industry of Pakistan

Keywords: Multi-Criteria Decision Making, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Palletizing Robot, Beverage Industry

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 36 ,  Issue 3

BILAL  AHMED , HAFIZ MUHAMMAD KHURRAM ALI   , AMIR SULTAN   ,

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