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Discussion: Statistics Research in Business and Industry ‐ The General Electric Experience
Author(s) -
Hahn Gerald J.,
Hoerl Roger,
Doganaksoy Necip,
Gardner Martha
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2012.00184.x
Subject(s) - business statistics , statistics , summary statistics , work (physics) , statistical analysis , computer science , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering
Summary For over 60 years, the statistics group at General Electric (GE) has used statistical methods to successfully address key company issues, both reactively and in recent years more and more proactively and holistically. Much of this work invariably calls for some degree of statistics research, including what we now call statistical engineering. We briefly review the history of research at GE, describe the accomplishments, research, and evolution of the GE statistics group over time, and present our views on the state of statistics research in business and industry.