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Author Ernest H. Forman , Peter C. Patton , Bijay K. Jayaswal
The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is an advanced technique that supports decision makers in structuring complex decisions, quantifying intangible factors, and evaluating choices in multiobjective decision situations. It is a comprehensive and rational decision-ma....
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Author Richard E. Zultner , Peter C. Patton , Bijay K. Jayaswal
Leading companies around the world, including Toyota and General Electric, have practiced Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for decades. Developed in Japan by Dr. Yoji Akao and Dr. Shigeru Mizuno, QFD has two aims: to ensure that true customer needs are properly dep....
Release Date 2007/03 -
The Design for Trustworthy Software Compilation Taguchi Methods and Optimization for Robust Software
Author Peter C. Patton , Bijay K. Jayaswal
The software industry stands on the brink of an era of dramatic change. We expect the industry to continue the restructuring process already begun, emerging as a much smaller number of horizontally structured firms mostly doing business with each other. As software ....
Release Date 2007/03