Tolerance synthesis based on Taguchi philosophy

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-326

  Gopalakrishnan, Bhaskaran ^a   Jaraiedi, Majid ^a   Iskander, Wafik H ^a   Ahmad, Aftab ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Nominal dimension; Optimisation; Productivity; Taguchi's loss function; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; TAGUCHI METHODS;

NOMINAL DIMENSION; TAGUCHI'S LOSS FUNCTION; TOLERANCE;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34248377884     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2007.012465     Document Type: Article

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