Quality control, reliability, and engineering design

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Book reviews

QUALITY

CONTROL,

RELIABILITY,

Author

:

ENGINEERING

:

MAR C E L D E K K E R , I N C . , 270, M a d i s o n A v e n u e , N e w Y o r k , N e w Y o r k 10016, U n i t e d S t a t e s of A m e r i c a .

:

US

$

49.50.

(ISBN 0-8247-7278-4)

In recent and reliability operation

more

systems

Defense,

examples.

sophistication,

Reasons

requirements,

and design engineer

is essential discipline.

systems,

t o p i c s of q u a l i t y c o n t r o l , of a s i n g l e v o l u m e . these

reliability,

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degree

attention include the complexity,

u s e of p r e v i o u s

closely.

untried technologies,

there

and engineering

at present,

must

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of e a c h o t h e r ' s

is no book that covers

design within the framework

books,

reports,

is time-consuming

or articles

and rather

on each

cumbersome

of t h e m a t e r i a l .

This book is intended to fill the need for a single volume that considers topics,

Topics

are treated

knowledge to understand reader

in such a manner

the contents.

given in the References. o v e r 80 e x a m p l e s

and their

that the reader

Sources

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who wishes to delve deeper

the

t o g a i n k n o w l e d g e of e a c h o t h e r ' s

study various

of t h e t o p i c s i n q u e s t i o n .

reliability

To achieve this goal it

an understanding

knowledge,

because

of t h e s p e c i a l i z e d

and systems

need for the quality control engineer,

to work together

to the author's

specialists

manufacturing

power generation

for this increased

that they have to a certain At present,

specialties,

and nuclear

and so on.

This leads to an increasing engineer,

during the design,

aerospace,

a n d s i z e of e n g i n e e r i n g

mission

1985.

attention than ever before has been paid to the quality

of e n g i n e e r i n g

phases.

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years

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presented

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solutions and exercises

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the book contains

a r e o f f e r e d a t t h e e n d of e a c h

chapter. The book is intended primarily graduate

students,

and engineering

and others

for engineers,

interested

managers,

in the subjects

undergraduate

of q u a l i t y c o n t r o l ~

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