TY - BOOK AU - John,Boby AU - Acharya,U.H. AU - Chakraborty,Ashis K. TI - Quality and reliability engineering: recent trends and future directions SN - 9788184248319 U1 - SA.5 PY - 2013/// CY - New Delhi PB - Allied Publishers KW - Statistics KW - Quality Control KW - Reliability N1 - Includes bibliography and index; Quality engineering -- Reliability engineering -- Six sigma N2 - This book is a part from the theoretical chapters, it also includes chapters on applications and case studies in quality and reliability engineering and six sigma. This book demonstrates the great returns of providing a common platform between researchers from academia and practitioners from industry. The engineering students can use this book as a supplementary text book for quality and reliability engineering courses. The researchers can use this book to update their knowledge on the recent developments in reliability and quality engineering. The industrial professional can gain insight on solving industrial problems using six sigma, quality and reliability engineering methodologies. In addition, the readers can also learn from the many successful case studies presented in the book. The engineering students can use this book as a supplement text book for quality and reliability engineering courses. The researchers can use this book to update their knowledge on the recent developments in reliability and quality engineering. The industrial professionals can gain insight on solving industrial problems using six sigma, quality and reliability engineering methodologies. In addition, the readers can also learn from the many successful case studies presented in the book ER -