Decision-making in testing process performance with fuzzy data

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 499-509

  Wu, Chien Wei ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy data; Fuzzy hypothesis testing; Fuzzy p values; Process capability indices

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FUZZY SETS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RANDOM VARIABLES; STATISTICAL METHODS; TESTING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECISION RULES; FUZZY DATA; FUZZY HYPOTHESIS TESTING; FUZZY P-VALUES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; OUTPUT QUALITY; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; PROCESS CAPABILITIES; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH EFFORTS; STATISTICAL TESTING; TEST STATISTICS; TESTING PROCESSES; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 53049083952     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.11.044     Document Type: Article

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