The Philosophy of Experimentation. Statistical Experimental Design. Sorting the Signal from the Noise. The Derivation of Empirical Equations from Statistically Designed Experiments. Utilization of Empirical Equations. Special Topics in Experimental Design Mixture Experiments.
Thomas B. Barker is a professor emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he taught for 35 years before retiring in 2005. Prior to RIT, he was an engineer at Xerox. Visit his website for more information.
Andrew Milivojevich, P.Eng., M.Sc., is the president of The Knowledge Management Group Inc. (TKMG), where he manages R&D, Six Sigma, lean workflow simplification, and other business process improvement initiatives for client organizations. He is a fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and was the first ASQ-certified Six Sigma Black Belt in Canada. Visit his website for more information.
Praise for the Third Edition:"With a healthy dosage of exclamatory
sentences and unique analogies (one even involving Robin Hood and
Friar Tuck) in the first pages of the book, the author does not
fail to meet expectations."
—Robert G. McLeod, Journal of Quality Technology, Vol. 38, No. 4,
October 2006"What distinguishes this book from other introductory
texts in experimental design is its writing style. The book
maintains a conversational tone throughout, presenting equations
and mathematical derivations only when absolutely necessary.
Reading it gives the feeling of attending a seminar or chatting
with an expert about a specific topic … The author clearly relishes
this approach, and it often works well, making the chapters easy
and quick to read and understand. It also has the advantage of
appealing to math-phobic readers and anyone trying to avoid feeling
lectured. Quality by Experimental Design has a lively style and
enough tantalizing material that, I hope, will make beginners in
statistics, and practitioners in other engineering areas,
interested in picking up more advanced books to get a deeper look
at the application of statistically designed experiments to quality
control problems."
—Alejandro Heredia-Langner, Technometrics, Vol. 48, No. 4, November
2006"… an invaluable text … presents a wide variety of techniques
and innovative methods for designing and conducting experiments
with an expectation of acquiring actionable knowledge. … material
is presented in a progressive way that thoughtfully discusses and
illustrates proven experimental methods that may be employed to
make informed decisions."
—Hank Altland, Retired, Corning, Inc."The book is an introduction
to the theory of experimental design for practitioners. … The
different methods and models are illustrated by a large number of
examples and exercises taken from practice. For finding the
solutions of the problems, the software package Minitab is used.
Application of the methods is supported by various templates and
worksheets."
—Zentralblatt MATH, 1088"This third edition takes the positive
aspects of the first edition and adds to them. … a well-written
book that can be used for your own reference or as a text."
—From the Foreword by John T. Burr, Assistant Professor, Center for
Quality and Applied Statistics, Rochester Institute of Technology
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