Optimism vs. Pessimism: Design decisions in the face of process capability uncertainty

Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-321

  Thornton, Anna C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost modeling; Information value theory; Quality; Robust design; Utility theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842626851     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1371774     Document Type: Article

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