Perspectives on statistical quality engineering

TQM Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 461-466

  Goh, T N ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

STATISTICAL QUALITY ENGINEERING;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033319444     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789910371184     Document Type: Article

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