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Contents:
Overview
Introduction
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Step Lessons at a Glance:
Step 1: Design of Experiments and the Taguchi Approach
Step 2: Performance Evaluation and Measurement
Step 3: Common Experiments and Methods of Analyses
Step 4: Designing Experiments Using Orthogonal Arrays
Step 5. Designing Experiments with 2-level Factors
Step 6: Deigning Experiments with 3-level and 4-level Factors
Step 7: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Step 8: Designing Experiments to Study Interactions Between Factors
Step 9: Experiments with Mixed-level Factors
Step 10: Combination Designs
Step 11: Robust Design Strategy
Step 12: Analysis Using Signal to Noise Ratios (S/N)
Step 13: Analysis of Results Using Multiple Criteria of Evaluations
Step 14: Quantification of Variation Reduction and Performance Improvement
Step 15: Effective Experiment Planning
Step 16: Example Case Studies
Appendix I
 Great
book for practical applications
I bought this book hoping to learn DOE using
Taguchi
Methods and apply what I learned to real life problems in my work. It
was very helpful. Not only did it help me learn the methods I needed to
perform my testing at work but I did it in only 8 days of reading. The book
was very easy to read and the examples helped me understand everything I
needed to know to apply this method to real situations. A great buy for
anyone looking to learn Taguchi Methods.
Must
have for Quality Control Professionals and Educators
First, I completely agree with all the good
things mentioned in the other reviews, but wish to add the following
comments:
1. The discussion group (usenet) hosted by
Dr Roy is
fantastic. If by chance you don't "get it" from reading the book, a simple
question posted to the usenet frequently gets you an answer, often within a
few hours (its a vocal crowd!!). Many times, the author himself responds to
usenet questions. And, on at least one instance, after I repeatedly asked my
question, he began exchanging emails with me, which then led to some
pleasant phone discussions.
2. User friendly software and support. See above.
3. Taguchi is frequently attacked by full blown Design of Experiments
statistical types who miss the whole point. I strongly encourage all
professionals interested in gauging quality control to try out his books and
the free software downloads....
An excellent book with powerful software and support......
Reads like a winner, looks like a winner, performs likes a winner.......
need I say more...
Auburn Alabama
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An
Introduction to More Effective Experimentation
The challenge that all research directors
and senior scientists face is that virtually all scientists are originally
trained to believe that the only proper way to conduct an experiment is to
vary only one factor at a time while holding all other variables fixed. This
belief, which can be shown mathematically to be totally incorrect, has been
a drag on the scientific community for decades, causing experimental science
to be much less productive than it should be. In fact, by properly designing
experiments in which several factors are varied in a carefully thought out,
predetermined pattern, much more information can be obtained with far fewer
experiments.
What Dr. Roy has achieved in his book on experimental design is to
clearly explain why this is so and to provide the tools which allows his
readers to overcome their ingrained beliefs and adopt a more effective
method of designing their own experimental programs.
Of particular interest is his discussion of experimental design using
orthogonal arrays (Chapter 4) for it is in this part of the book that the
full power of modern approaches to experimentation become most evident.
Here, he illustrates how a set of as few as eight experiments can be used to
determine how three presumable independent factors, such as time,
temperature and concentration, can be studied to obtain detailed information
not only on how each factor individually effects the quality of the final
product, but also on the extent to which the factors interact.
Historically, learning this type of technique for designing experiments
has been a daunting task since somewhat tedious mathematically manipulations
are required for both the design of the experiment and the analyses of the
resulting data. However, included with Dr. Roy's book is complete software
which eliminates the need for the experimenter to either manually solve the
handful of equations needed to extract the results in useful form, or to
develop custom spreadsheets in an attempt to automate the process. The
software is easy to use and includes all of the tables and data which are
used in the book to illustrate the principles of experimental design. The
software is also capable of assisting the experimenter in designing sets of
up to eight concurrent experiments, rapidly analyzing the data and
generating graphical and tabular presentations which greatly aid in the
interpretation of the results.
This is an extremely useful book which can have a major beneficial effect
on the productivity of any laboratory engaged in experimental process
research such as crystal growth, chemical synthesis or manufacturing. By
allowing the reader to overcome his innate aversion to varying more than one
experimental factor at a time, the book makes it possible for the reader to
become a much more productive scientist or engineer and become a role model
for his coworkers to emulate. |
Great
book for practical applications
I bought this book hoping to learn DOE using
Taguchi
Methods and apply what I learned to real life problems in my work. It
was very helpful. Not only did it help me learn the methods I needed to
perform my testing at work but I did it in only 8 days of reading. The book
was very easy to read and the examples helped me understand everything I
needed to know to apply this method to real situations. A great buy for
anyone looking to learn Taguchi Methods. |
