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The concept of desirability is a means for complexity reduction of multivariate quality optimization. This paper provides a theoretical breakthrough regarding desirability indices, which application fields were formerly limited primarily by the lack of its distribution. Focussed are the distributions of Harrington’s desirability functions and different types of the desirability index.
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Trautmann, H., Weihs, C. On the distribution of the desirability index using Harrington’s desirability function. Metrika 63, 207–213 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-005-0012-0
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