The Taguchi methodology as a statistical tool for biotechnological applications: A critical appraisal

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 510-523

  Rao, Ravella Sreenivas ^a   Kumar, C Ganesh ^b   Prakasham, R Shetty ^b   Hobbs, Phil J ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Design of experiments; Optimization; Orthogonal array; Taguchi methodology

Indexed keywords

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; TAGUCHI METHODS;

ORTHOGONAL ARRAY; STATISTICAL TOOL;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ASPARAGINASE; ENZYME; PROTEINASE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FERMENTATION OPTIMIZATION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42949091386     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.200700201     Document Type: Review

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