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Evolutionary Operation: a Method for Increasing Industrial Productivity
Author(s) -
Box George E. P.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985505
Subject(s) - productivity , operations research , econometrics , engineering , computer science , industrial engineering , economics , macroeconomics
The rate at which industrial processes are improved is limited by the present shortage of technical personnel. Dr Box describes a method of process improvement which supplements the more orthodox studies and is run in the normal course of production by plant personnel themselves. The basic philosophy is introduced that industrial processes should be run so as to generate not only product, but also information on how the product can be improved.