The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (Hardcover)

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"Japan's Taguchi is America's new quality hero."
--Fortune magazine, November 25, 1998

"There is no question that the Mahalanobis-Taguchi System is a profoundly important giant step in improving the productivity of evaluating and improving diagnostic and other systems based pattern recognition. Potential applications of this method abound in many industries."
--John King, Ford Motor Company

This resource shows you how to harness the power of an amazing new pattern-recognition and forecasting method from Dr. Genichi Taguchi, a world-renowned quality genius. 15 case studies from the U.S. and Japan show how industry giants used the MTS effectively in their organizations. With this book, the first on the subject, you can achieve the same success.

The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (MTS) is a groundbreaking new philosophy that has been reshaping Japanese industry since its inception. Developed by award-winning quality engineering expert Dr. Genichi Taguchi - acknowledged as one of the most innovative thinkers in the field, and based on the work of Indian statistics giant Dr. P.C. Mahalanobis the system provides a powerful process for recognizing patterns and forecasting results.MTS goes beyond theory - it shows you exactly how international business giants have successfully put the system to work for them. The book includes 15 fascinating case studies that provide an inside look at how organizations such as Fuji, Nissan, Sharp, Xerox, and others have utilized the system effectively. MTS can be applied in patient monitoring, medical diagnosis, software, manufacturing, weather forecasting, automotive collision prevention and fire detection.Doctors, researchers, engineers, insurance experts, financial analysts, programmers, and anyone else with an interest in pattern recognition and forecasting will find this book a blueprint to improved decision-making.

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The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (MTS) is a groundbreaking new philosophy that has been reshaping Japanese industry since its inception. Developed by award-winning quality engineering expert Dr. Genichi Taguchi - acknowledged as one of the most innovative thinkers in the field, and based on the work of Indian statistics giant Dr. P.C. Mahalanobis the system provides a powerful process for recognizing patterns and forecasting results.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (August 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071362630
• ISBN-13: 978-0071362634
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,291,727 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars some interesting cases but hardly a scientific method, March 12, 2001

By	Dr.Gee (earth) - See all my reviews

this is not a pretty book, either visually (ugly typesetting) or content. The biggest merit is it's printed on recycled paper. otherwise, it would be a bigger waste of trees. Mc-Graw's standard seems to have gone downhill.

Some examples are quite intesreting. however, this book should really be called "Case Studies by Mahalanobis-Taguchi System" cause it really does not tell you much about the methodogy, its limitations, and its statistical basis. also it's assumptions has never been clearly stated. that is not a scientic method. my guess is linearity & continuity of the system. (i.e., no singularity of the configuration space of all variables) so the quality control studty can be reduced significantly.

Furthermore, there's no bibliography of good references about the method, except the incestuous self-referencing.

I also do not recommend the other book on Taguchi method by Dr. Taguchi et. al.