Impact of nonquadratic loss in the Taguchi design methodology

Quality Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 509-519

  Kros, John F ^a,b,c   Mastrangelo, Christina M ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Nonquadratic loss functions; Signal to noise ratios; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010673795     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982119808919165     Document Type: Article

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