Improvement in product development: Use of back-end data to support upstream efforts of robust design methodology

Quality Innovation Prosperity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 84-102

  Siva, Vanajah ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84875875640     PISSN: 13351745     EISSN: 1338984X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12776/qip.v16i2.65     Document Type: Article

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