Author(s):
1. Dušan Petković, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Niš, Serbia
2. Miloš Madić, Serbia
3. Goran Radenković, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Niš, Serbia

Abstract:
Selection of the most suitable material for a given application represents a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem with conflicting and diverse objectives. New MCDM methods have been developed, and existing methods improved, showing that research in the decision-making is important and still valuable. Selection of the most suitable material for a given biomedical application is very complex, important and responsible task. Therefore application of relatively novel MCDM methods for selecting the most appropriate biomedical materials is described in this paper. Complete procedure was shown and mathematical approach was explained. Finally, list of potential materials (alternatives) were ranked based on the selected criteria, where the best ranked one presents the most suitable choice for the biomedical application.

Key words:
Biomedical material selection,multi-criteria decision making

Thematic field:
SYMPOSIUM B - Biomaterials and nanomedicine

Date of abstract submission:
15.06.2015.

Conference:
Contemporary Materials 2015 - Savremeni Materijali