The theoretical foundations of Taguchi Methods were laid out by Genichi Taguchi, a Japanese engineer who began working for the telecommunications company, ECL (Electrical Communications Lab, a part of NT&T), in 1950’s. After World War II, his team was involved in the design of telephone system components, and successfully produced designs that performed better than their main rivals, Bell Labs,...

Despite the industrial popularity of nylon 6 composites, their wear performance portrays a substantial knowledge gap on parametric importance. Consequently, this study optimizes and prioritizes parameters 6/boron nitride composites using Taguchi-Pareto Taguchi-ABC methods based 80-20 Pareto rule ABC analysis, signal-to-noise ratios. From literature information, principal considered are %wt rein...

Taguchi et al. (Reports, 20 July 2007, p. 369) reported that mice heterozygous for a null mutation in insulin receptor substrate-2 (Irs2) display a 17% increase in median life span. However, using the same mouse model, we find no evidence for life-span extension and suggest that the findings of Taguchi et al. were due to atypical life-span profiles in their study animals.

Machining through turning was carried out in a lathe to study the chip formation of Multiphase Ferrite (F-B-M) microalloyed steel. Taguchi orthogonal array was employed to perform the machining. Continuous and discontinuous chips were formed for different cutting parameters like speed, feed and depth of cut. Optical and scanning electron microscope was employed to identify the chip morphology. ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Microbial caffeine removal is a green solution for treatment of caffeinated products and agro-industrial effluents. We directed this investigation to optimizing a bio-decaffeination process with growing cultures of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes through Taguchi methodology which is a structured statistical approach that can be lowered variations in a process through Des...

Cognitive radio (CR) engines often contain multiple system parameters that require careful tuning to obtain favorable overall performance. This aspect is a crucial element in the design cycle yet is often addressed with ad hoc methods. Efficient methodologies are required in order to make the best use of limited manpower, resources, and time. Statistical methods for approaching parameter tuning...

Electrical discharge machining is assessed on the basis of Material Removal Rate (MRR), Tool Wear Rate (TWR), and Surface Roughness (SR). Process parameters that mostly affected the EDM Process are Pulse on Time, Pulse off Time, Discharge Current, Arc Gap and Duty Cycle. This paper reviews research for the optimization and improvement of various performance parameters measured in the experiment...

In this paper, a hybrid Taguchi-immune algorithm (HTIA) is presented to deal with the unit commitment problem. HTIA integrates the Taguchi method and the traditional immune algorithm (TIA), providing a powerful global exploration capability. Taguchi method (TM) has been widely used in experimental designs for problems with multiple parameters, and is incorporated into TIA in this paper for the ...

The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated approach for improving the quality characteristics of the injection molded part (Honda Upper Part) being manufactured at manufacturing industry (Pakistan), where the rejection rate for Honda upper part was on ramp due to sink marks defects. The proposed integrated approach embraces the concept of Design of Experiments (Taguchi Approach) and ...