Robust System Design

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)