Philosophy of taguchi approach and method in design of experiment

Asian Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-37

  Ghani, Jaharah A ^a   Jamaluddin, Haris ^a   Rahman, Mohd Nizam Ab ^a   Deros, Baba Md ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Orthogonal arrays; Quality; Signal to noise ratio; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869820927     PISSN: 19921454     EISSN: 20772076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajsr.2013.27.37     Document Type: Article

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