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Determining the optimum process mean for a mixed quality loss function

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In 1999, Wen and Mergen adopted the step loss function of a product to balance the costs of out-of-specification occurrences and to determine the optimum process mean. They considered a normal quality characteristic and assumed a known standard deviation for the process in their model. This paper proposes a modified Wen and Mergen [1] model with a mixed quality loss function to determine the optimum process mean. The quality loss of the product per item includes a quadratic loss within specifications and an out-of-specification piecewise linear loss.

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  1. Department of Industrial Management, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, 1 Nan-Tai, Yung-Kang, Tainan, 710, Taiwan

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Chen, CH. Determining the optimum process mean for a mixed quality loss function. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 28, 571–576 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-004-2375-1

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