Capability measure for asymmetric tolerance non-normal processes applied to speaker driver manufacturing

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 506-515

  Pearn, W L ^a   Wu, C W ^b   Wang, K H ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tolerances; Bootstrap method; Lower confidence bound; Non normal processes; Percentile estimator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HARDNESS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESONANCE; TESTING;

ASYMMETRIC TOLERANCES; BOOTSTRAP METHOD; LOWER CONFIDENCE BOUND; NON-NORMAL PROCESSES; PERCENTILE ESTIMATORS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 20644443906     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-003-1858-9     Document Type: Article

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