An intelligent forward quality enhancement system to achieve product customization

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 384-406

  Ho, G T S ^a   Lau, H C W ^a   Lee, C K M ^a   Ip, A W H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Customization; Information systems; Quality assurance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CUSTOMIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY PROBLEMS;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 18844397249     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570510590174     Document Type: Article

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