Design of Experiments Using The Taguchi Approach

FulfillthepracticalpotentialofDOE-withapowerful,16-stepapproachforapplyingtheTaguchimethodOverthepastdecade,DesignofExperiments(DOE)hasundergonegreatadvancesthroughtheworkoftheJapanesemanagementguruGenechiTaguchi.Yet,untilnow,booksontheTaguchimethodhavebeensteepedintheoryandcomplicatedstatisticalanalysis.NowthistrailblazingworktranslatestheTaguchimethodintoaneasy-to-implement16-stepsystem.BasedonRanjitRoy'ssuccessfulTaguchitrainingcourse,thisextensivelyillustratedbook/CD-ROMpackagegivesreaderstheknowledgeandskillsnecessarytounderstandandapplytheTaguchimethodtoengineeringprojects-fromtheoryandapplicationstohands-onanalysisofthedata.Itissuitableformanagersandtechnicianswithoutacollege-levelengineeringorstatisticalbackground,anditsself-studypace-withexercisesincludedineachchapter-helpsreadersstartusingTaguchiDOEtoolsonthejobquickly.Specialfeaturesinclude:*AnaccompanyingCD-ROMofQualitek-4software,whichperformscalculationsandfeaturesallexampleexperimentsdescribedinthebook*Problem-solvingexercisesrelevanttoactualengineeringsituations,withsolutionsincludedattheendofthetext*Coverageoftwo-,three-,andfour-levelfactors,analysisofvariance,robustdesigns,combinationdesigns,andmoreEngineersandtechnicalpersonnelworkinginprocessandproductdesign-aswellasotherprofessionalsinterestedintheTaguchimethod-willfindthisbook/CD-ROMatremendouslyimportantandusefulassetformakingthemostofDOEintheirwork.