Quantitative selection of variation reduction plans

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-193

  Thornton, Anna C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

MANUFACTURING PROCESS COST; VARIATION REDUCTION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0034207511     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.533559     Document Type: Article

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