Data mining driven DMAIC framework for improving foundry quality-a case study

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 478-493

  Ghosh, Sushovan ^a   Maiti, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CART; casting defect; CHAID; data mining; decision tree; DMAIC; foundry; six sigma

Indexed keywords

CART; CASTING DEFECT; CHAID; DMAIC; SIX-SIGMA;

DECISION TREES; DEFECTS; FOUNDRIES;

DATA MINING;

EID: 84896784936     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2012.709642     Document Type: Article

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