In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

In recent years, response surface methodology (RSM) has brought many attentions of many
quality engineers in different industries. Most of the published literature on robust design …

Throughout the book, my colleagues and I have endeavored to address the DEA theory
needed by the end-users, key model design issues, correct interpretation of DEA results …

The paper proposes an approach to improve the yield of Chrome (Cr) thin-film sputtering
process of the black matrix (BM) in color filter manufacturing and to find the robust …

Taguchi method is a common method for controlling quality in off-line mode. Initially, this
method is introduced to optimize a quality characteristic. Since optimizing one aspect of …

The aim of this investigation is to optimize the process parameters to obtain minimum
corrosion rate and weight loss of Al/SiCp metal matrix composites. A Taguchi based grey …

Metallic, diamond-like carbon (Me-DLC) coatings are widely used in the mold industry due
to their excellent wear resistance. In this paper, zirconium-containing DLC (Zr-DLC) coatings …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the feasibility of using artificial neural
networks (ANNs) in conjunction with data envelopment analysis (DEA) for the performance …

The performance of a product is generally characterized by more than one response
variable. Hence the management often faces the problem of simultaneous optimization of …

Biodiesel is a clean renewable fuel which is an alternative source of diesel fuel in
compression ignition engines without any modification. According to previous research, the …