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Quality improvement through planned experimentation / Ronald D. Moen, Thomas W. Nolan, and Lloyd P. Provost.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, 1998.Edition: 2nd edISBN:
  • 0070439524
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.0045 21
Contents:
Ch. 1. Improvement of Quality -- Ch. 2. Testing a Change -- Ch. 3. Principles for Design and Analysis of Planned Experiments -- Ch. 4. Experiments with One Factor -- Ch. 5. Experiments with More than One Factor -- Ch. 6. Reducing the Size of Experiments -- Ch. 7. Evaluating Sources of Variation -- Ch. 8. Experiments for Special Situations -- Ch. 9. New Product Design -- Ch. 10. Case Studies -- App. A. Improvement Using Control Charts -- App. B. Evaluating Measurement Systems -- App. C. Forms.
Summary: Updated to include the latest in experiment design, this resource provides the methodology that engineers need to plan and conduct experiments to quantify cause-and-effect mechanisms in complex systems and to test whether changes to products, processes, and systems are improvements. The book offers a comprehensive framework for the sequential building of knowledge - a Model for Improvement - that is key to making improvements. Step by step, the model reveals the tools and properties of sound experiments, the methods of planned experiments, and their application to the design of new and improved products and services. Case studies of experiments in action and forms and checklists for designing planned experiments facilitate the adoption of the methods into daily work of engineers, scientists, and managers.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ch. 1. Improvement of Quality -- Ch. 2. Testing a Change -- Ch. 3. Principles for Design and Analysis of Planned Experiments -- Ch. 4. Experiments with One Factor -- Ch. 5. Experiments with More than One Factor -- Ch. 6. Reducing the Size of Experiments -- Ch. 7. Evaluating Sources of Variation -- Ch. 8. Experiments for Special Situations -- Ch. 9. New Product Design -- Ch. 10. Case Studies -- App. A. Improvement Using Control Charts -- App. B. Evaluating Measurement Systems -- App. C. Forms.

Updated to include the latest in experiment design, this resource provides the methodology that engineers need to plan and conduct experiments to quantify cause-and-effect mechanisms in complex systems and to test whether changes to products, processes, and systems are improvements. The book offers a comprehensive framework for the sequential building of knowledge - a Model for Improvement - that is key to making improvements. Step by step, the model reveals the tools and properties of sound experiments, the methods of planned experiments, and their application to the design of new and improved products and services. Case studies of experiments in action and forms and checklists for designing planned experiments facilitate the adoption of the methods into daily work of engineers, scientists, and managers.