A fuzzy quality control-decision support system for improving operational reliability of liquid transfer operations in laboratory automation

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 8064-8070

  Ozgur Unver, Hakki ^a   Wendel, Greg ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b Caliper Life Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Fuzzy logic; Liquid transfer devices; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FAULT DETECTION; FUZZY CONTROL; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; FUZZY SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMATED LABORATORY SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC RECOVERIES; BIO-INFORMATICS; CLOSED LOOPS; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; FAULT CONDITIONS; FUZZY QUALITIES; HUMAN INTERVENTIONS; LABORATORY AUTOMATIONS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS; LIQUID TRANSFER DEVICES; OPERATIONAL RELIABILITIES; OVERALL QUALITIES; QUALITY DATUM; REAL-TIME DATA ACQUISITIONS; REAL-TIME QUALITY CONTROLS; REGULATORY AGENCIES; SYSTEM VARIABLES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 60249089954     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.10.079     Document Type: Article

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