A Comparison of the Mahalanobis-Taguchi System to A Standard Statistical Method for Defect Detection

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409 USA

2 Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, 48075 USA

Abstract

The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System is a diagnosis and forecasting method for multivariate data. Mahalanobis distance is a measure based on correlations between the variables and different patterns that can be identified and analyzed with respect to a base or reference group. This paper presents a comparison of the Mahalanobis-Taguchi System and a standard statistical technique for defect detection by identifying abnormalities. The objective of this research is to provide a method for defect detection with acceptable alpha (probability of type I) and beta (probability of type II) errors.

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