A review of practices for robust design methodology

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 645-657

  Hasenkamp, Torben ^a   Arvidsson, Martin ^b   Gremyr, Ida ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Effort Consulting Company   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Design methods; Noise factors; Practices; Robust design methodology; Techniques and tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450016760     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820802275557     Document Type: Article

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