Abstract: This paper examines mechanisms underlying the phenomenon that, under some conditions, adaptive one-factor-at-a-time experiments outperform fractional factorial experiments in improving the performance ...

Abstract: We submit that there is currently an urgent need to educate the public about engineering and attract talented people to the profession. Further, we argue that such efforts are most effective ...

Abstract: This paper presents a conceptually simple and resource efficient method for robust parameter design. The proposed method varies control factors according to an adaptive one-factor-at-a-time plan ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a technique for modeling manufacturing systems using block diagrams. The blocks represent linear transformations of dimensionless noise vectors to normalized quality characteristic ...

Abstract: This paper introduces the concept of a process capability matrix—an ordered set of dimensionless parameters that capture information on a manufacturing system’s response to disturbances. The matrix ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a technique that can be used in the early manufacturing process design stage to select from among the set of quality characteristics a smaller set that is adequate to ...