Analyzing Taguchi's experiments using GLIM with inverse Gaussian distribution.

by Wong Kwok Keung.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 50-52).Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 2. --- Taguchi's methodology in design of experiments --- p.3Chapter 2.1 --- System designChapter 2.2 --- Parameter designChapter 2.3 --- Tolerance designChapter 3. --- Inverse Gaussian distribution --- p.8Chapter 3.1 --- GenesisChapter 3.2 --- Probability density functionChapter 3.3 --- Estimation of parametersChapter 3.4 --- ApplicationsChapter 4. --- Iterative procedures and Derivation of the GLIM 4 macros --- p.21Chapter 4.1 --- Generalized linear models with varying dispersionChapter 4.2 --- Mean and dispersion models for inverse Gaussian distributionChapter 4.3 --- Devising the GLIM 4 macroChapter 4.4 --- Model fittingChapter 5. --- Simulation Study --- p.34Chapter 5.1 --- Generating random variates from the inverse Gaussian distributionChapter 5.2 --- Simulation modelChapter 5.3 --- ResultsChapter 5.4 --- DiscussionAppendix --- p.46References --- p.5

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