Evaluating an adaptive One-Factor-At-a-Time search procedure within the Mahalanobis-Taguchi system

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 600-614

  Foster, Chad R ^a   Jugulum, Rajesh ^b   Freay, Daniel D ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Bank of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Aadaptive one factor at a time; aOFAT; Classification system; Eexperimentation; Mahalanobis Taguchi system; MTS

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

AOFAT; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; EEXPERIMENTATION; MAHALANOBIS-TAGUCHI SYSTEMS; ONE-FACTOR;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 67650128978     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2009.026766     Document Type: Article

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