Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS RELATED FILES
1 Course Introduction:
Probability, Statistics and
Quality Loss (PDF)		  
2 Context of Robust Design (PDF)  
3 Matrix Experiments
Using Orthogonal Arrays /
Paper Helicopter Lab (PDF)		  
4 Performance Characterization (PDF)

 
5 Control and Noise Factors (PDF)

 
7 Analysis of Variance:
ANOVA (PDF)
  • Catapult_L4_static_anova (XLS1)
  • Catapult_L9_2 (XLS2)
  • Dice_Anova (XLS3)
  • Dice_f_test (XLS4)
9 Constructing
Orthogonal Arrays (PDF)
  • Catapult_L4_static_int
    (XLS1)
  • Helicopter_L8_97_ex (XLS2)
  • Orthogonal Arrays (PDF)
11 Robust Design Using Simulations (PDF)  
12 Design of Dynamic Systems (PDF)  
13 Reliability Improvement (PDF)  
14 Review for Final Exam (PDF)  
15 Tolerance Design (PDF)  
17 Mahalanobis Taguchi System (PDF)
  • Fire 1 (XLS1)
  • The Mahalanobis Distance in Character Recognition (PDF)
22 Robust Conceptual Design (PDF)