Wadsworth, Harrison M.

Modern methods for quality control and improvement / Harrison M. Wadsworth, Jr., Kenneth S. Stephens, A. Blanton Godfrey. - 2nd ed. - New York : Wiley, 2002. - xiii, 683 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Introduction and quality management: 1. History and evolution of quality control - 2. Quality and quality systems - 3. The ISO 9000 quality system - 4. Total quality management -- Part 2: Statistical process control : 5. Review of fundamental statistical concepts - 6. Introduction to control charts - 7. Control charts for attributes - 8. Control charts for variables - 9. Special control charts - 10. Specifications limits and tolerances -- Part 3: Methods for quality improvement: 11. Process control and improvement techniques - 12. Industrial experimentation - 13. Robust design - 14. Reliability -- Part 4: Acceptance sampling: 15. Acceptance sampling for attributes - 16. Attribute sampling tables - 17. Acceptance sampling by variables - 18. Special attribute sampling procedures -- Appendix.

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Quality control.
Quality control--Statistical methods.

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