A digraph approach to quality evaluation of an automotive vehicle

Quality Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 405-417

  Venkatasamy, R ^a,d   Agrawal, V P ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^d ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Automotive vehicle; Graph theoretical methodology; Quality Evaluation; Vehicle quality characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 5144220939     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982119708919060     Document Type: Article

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