Economic process control under uncertainty

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 184-202

  Kanyamibwa, Felicien ^a   Ord, J Keith ^b  

^a PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous quality improvement; Quality control; Quality costs; Taguchi loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040524248     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2000.tb00333.x     Document Type: Article

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