Robust parameter design: A review

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-101

  Robinson, Timothy J ^a   Borror, Connie M ^b   Myers, Raymond H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Process robustness; Quality improvement; Response surface methodology; Robust parameter design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GRADIENT METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

PARAMETER DESIGN; PROCESS ROBUSTNESS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 1442333281     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.602     Document Type: Review

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