A statistical comparison of three root cause analysis tools

Journal of Industrial Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 20-28

  Doggett, Anthony Mark ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Aims Community College   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Management; Quality; Research; Sociology

Indexed keywords

CAUSE AND EFFECT DIAGRAM (CED); INTERRELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM (ID); LEADERSHIP; QUALITY; SOCIOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORMAL LOGIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942703888     PISSN: 08826404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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