Introduce quality processes through DOE: A case study in die casting foundry

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-397

  Singh, Bikram Jit ^a   Khanduja, Dinesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; ANOVA; Blocking; Full factorial design of experiment; OFAT; One Factor At a Time; Orthogonal array; Response surface methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053932329     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2011.043006     Document Type: Article

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