Statistical Process Optimization Through Multi-Response Surface Methodology

In recent years, response surface methodology (RSM) has brought many attentions of many quality engineers in different industries. Most of the published literature on robust design methodology is basically concerned with optimization of a single response or quality characteristic which is often most critical to consumers. For most products, however, quality is multidimensional, so it is common to observe multiple responses in an experimental situation. Through this paper interested person will be familiarize with this methodology via surveying of the most cited technical papers. It is believed that the proposed procedure in this study can resolve a complex parameter design problem with more than two responses. It can be applied to those areas where there are large data sets and a number of responses are to be optimized simultaneously. In addition, the proposed procedure is relatively simple and can be implemented easily by using ready-made standard statistical packages.

Authors:

• S. Raissi
• R- Eslami Farsani

Keywords:

• Multi-Response Surface Methodology (MRSM)
• Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Process modeling
• Quality improvement; Robust Design.

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