Should we move away from 'acceptable failure rate'?

Quality World

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Knowles, Ian ^a,b,c  

^a Kongsberg Vapenfabrikk ^*  (Norway)

^b AEI Scientific Apparatus Ltd

^c Ministry of Defence

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