Sample size: Achieving quality and reducing financial loss

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 678-692

  de Korvin, André ^a   Shipley, Margaret F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Fuzzy logics; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849118857     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710110396021     Document Type: Article

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