Optimization for structural crashworthiness and energy absorption has become an important
topic of research attributable to its proven benefits to public safety and social economy. This …

The bio-inspired algorithms are novel, modern, and efficient tools for the design of electrical
machines. However, from the mathematical point of view, these problems belong to the most …

Al elaborar la novena edición, nuestro interés principal no fue tan sólo agregar material
nuevo sino brindar claridad y mejor comprensión. Este objetivo se logró en parte al incluir …

We need every minute of class, so I will enforce strict time limits on pop quizzes when we
have them. If you are late to class, you will be required to stop whenever I ask all students to …

Response Surfaces: Designs and Analyses; Second Edition presents techniques for
designing experiments that yield adequate and reliable measurements of one or several …

The purpose of this article is to provide a survey of the various stages in the development of
response surface methodology (RSM). The coverage of these stages is organized in three …

Orthogonal arrays have played a vital role in improving the quality of products manufactured
throughout the world. This first book on the subject since its introduction more than fifty years …

Response surface methodology (RSM) is a collection of statistical design and numerical
optimization techniques used to optimize processes and product designs. The original work …

Praise for the Second Edition" As a comprehensive statistics reference book for quality
improvement, it certainly is one of the best books available."—Technometrics This new …

It is more than a decade since Genichi Taguchi's ideas on quality improvement were
inrroduced in the United States. His parameter-design approach for reducing variation in …