Cost-Driven Parameter Design

Technometrics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-119

  Moorhead, P R ^a   Wu, C F J ^b  

^a FORD MOTOR COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment factor; Dispersion measure; General loss function; Location measure; Location scale model; Nominal the best parameter design

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COST DRIVEN PARAMETER DESIGN; DISPERSION MEASURE; QUADRATIC LOSS FACTOR;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0032071687     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1998.10485193     Document Type: Article

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