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If the selection of materials is to be integrated into engineering des
ign, a procedure is needed to identify, from among the enormous range
of materials, the subset which most closely meets the design requireme
nts. The elements of such a procedure are here described and illustrat
ed by using it to select materials for bicycle frames.