Engineering Methods for Robust Product Design: Using Taguchi Methods in Technology and Product Development

by William Y. Fowlkes

Book Overview

Aims to clarify misconceptions about Dr Genichi Taguchi's approach to robust design, while analysing as to why dynamic signal-to-noise ratio is used as well as the role of orthogonal arrays in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201633671
• ISBN13: 9780201633672
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 99998 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.7" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Review on Robust Design

The book is a good overview of Taguchi's methods with a few very good examples.

Excellent primer on Robust Engineering... how to book

This book is quite readable, considering the topic, and does an excellent job of explaining the high level strategies of Dr. Taguchi's approach to optimization and experimentation. It also covers tactical issues like how to determine your ideal function and noise strategies.I've had several classes on this subject but found that the book helped clarify some of the finer aspects of the strategy and helped explain why the strategy should work. (e.g particularly the strategy for dealing with interactions).This book would not be sufficient to teach most people Robust Engineering, but it is a great reference.

How to learn Robust Design

I like this book because it gives a very good introduction into the concepts of noise- and control-factors. It treats the concept of "energy transformation" good, which is important to find the appropriate Ideal Function for your product.The examples are quite nice and most of them are illustrated by the p-diagram (parameter diagram). Unfortunately, examples are mainly form mechanical engineering. For me this is no drawback. Others may want to have a look on dedicated case studies from their field.To my taste the formulas presented appear a bit uglier than they really are.If you want to learn, how and why to use Taguchi's method, this book is an excellent tool for self-learning.