Statistical practice in business and industry
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Statistical practice in business and industry
（Statistics in practice）
John Wiley & Sons, c2008
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Available at 6 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book covers all the latest advances, as well as more established methods, in the application of statistical and optimisation methods within modern industry. These include applications from a range of industries that include micro-electronics, chemical, automotive, engineering, food, component assembly, household goods and plastics. Methods range from basic graphical approaches to generalised modelling, from designed experiments to process control. Solutions cover produce and process design, through manufacture to packaging and delivery, from single responses to multivariate problems.
Table of Contents
Contents Contributors
Preface
1 Introduction
Shirley Coleman, Tony Fouweather and Dave Stewardson
2 A History of Industrial Statistics
Jeroen de Mast
3 Statistical Consultancy
3.I A Statistician in Industry
Ronald J.M.M. Does and Albert Trip
3.II Black Belt Types
Roland Caulcutt
3.III Statistical Consulstancy Units at Universities
Ronald J.M.M. Does and Andras Zempleni
3.IV Consultancy? . . . What's in It for Me?
Roland Caulcutt
4 The Statistical Efficiency Conjecture
Ron S. Kenett, Anne De Frenne, Xavier Tort-Martorell and Chris McCollin
5 Management Statistics
Irena Ograjensek and Ron S. Kenett
6 Service Quality
Irena Ograjensek
7 Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments
Timothy J. Robinson
8 Data Mining
Paola Cerchiello, Silvia Figini and Paolo Giudici
9 Using Statistical Process Control for Continual Improvement
Donald J. Wheeler and Oystein Evandt
10 Advanced Statistical Process Control
Murat Kulahci and Connie Borror
11 Measurement System Analysis
Giulio Barbato, Grazia Vicario and Raffaello Levi
12 Safety and Reliability
12.I Reliability Engineering: The State of the Art
Chris McCollin
12.II Stochastics for the Quality Movement: An Integrated Approach to Reliability and Safety
M. F. Ramalhoto
13 Multivariate and Multiscale Data Analysis
Marco P. Seabra dos Reis and Pedro M. Saraiva
14 Simulation in Industrial Statistics
David Rios Insua, Jorge Muruzabal, Jesus Palomo, Fabrizio Ruggeri, Julio Holgado and Raul Moreno
15 Communication
Tony Greenfield and John Logsdon Index
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