Failure mode identification through clustering analysis

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 511-526

  Arunajadai, Srikesh G ^a   Uder, Scott J ^a   Stone, Robert B ^a   Tumer, Irem Y ^b  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering algorithm; Conceptual design; Failure mode; Failure modes and effects analysis; Failure free design; Function based design; Product design; Statistical based design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TESTING;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; FAILURE MODES AND EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FAILURE-FREE DESIGN; FUNCTION BASED DESIGN;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 3943078564     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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