Optimal tolerance allocation with loss functions

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 529-535

  Choi, Hoo Gon R ^a   Park, Man Hee ^a   Salisbury, Erik ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Varatech Engineering Consultants   (United States)

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EID: 0000829209     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1285918     Document Type: Article

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