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Quality loss functions, parameter design and robust quality are terms that have become intimately associated with quality engineering. Through the application of a set of approaches and tools such as these, quality engineering aims to optimize the perfirmance of products and production processes while minimizing cost and variation in performance.
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Schvaneveldt, S.J., Enkawa, T. (1998). Quality engineering: loss functions, parameter design and robust quality. In: Handbook of Total Quality Management. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5281-9_27
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