Abstract
The Editor-in-Chief and the authors wish to notify readers that
Rao V and Patel BK. Novel method for decision making in the manufacturing environment. Proc IMechE, Part B: J Engineering Manufacture 2011; 225: 3. 422–434. DOI: 10.1177/2041297510394074.
contains a similar methodology to that in the previously published paper.
Rao RV and Patel BK. A subjective and objective integrated multiple attribute decision making method for material selection. Mater Des 2010; 31(10): 4738–4747. DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.014.
The authors acknowledge that citation of the earlier Materials & Design article in the later Part B article was a necessity and its omission was an oversight.
The Part B article thus reports on a new application of an existing methodology.