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Industrial statistics: a discipline with opportunities and challenges
Author(s) -
De Mast Jeroen,
Does Ronald J. M. M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.2006.00329.x
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , key (lock) , management science , computer science , engineering ethics , engineering , epistemology , philosophy , computer security
The development of industrial statistics as a scientific discipline, as well as its contributions to improving quality and efficiency in modern industry are discussed. Furthermore, the nature, purpose, and research paradigm of scientific research in industrial statistics are profiled. These accounts form the basis for a discussion of the discipline's future and key elements therein.