Statistical issues in geometric feature inspection using coordinate measuring machines

Technometrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-17

  Dowllng, M M ^a   Griffin, P M ^b   Tsui, K L ^b   Zhou, C ^b  

^a Neil Thall Associates   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing conformance to tolerance; Minimum zone method; Orthogonal least; Squares fitting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; GEOMETRY; INSPECTION; PROBES; STANDARDS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE; MINIMUM ZONE METHOD; ORTHOGONAL LEAST SQUARES FITTING; TOLERANCE;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0031062209     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1997.10485431     Document Type: Article

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