Automated stochastic quality function deployment system for measuring the quality performance of design/build contractors

Automation in Construction

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-356

  Lee, Dong Eun ^a   Lim, Tae Kyung ^a   Arditi, David ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Design build (D B); Probability and statistics; Quality function deployment (QFD); Quality performance measurement; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTRACTORS; CONTRACTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM PROCESSES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN/BUILD (D/B); PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT (QFD); QUALITY PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION;

QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT;

EID: 59249101545     PISSN: 09265805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autcon.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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