• DocumentCode
    2292968
  • Title

    “The desirability function: underlying assumptions and application implications”

  • Author

    Fuller, Douglas ; Scherer, William

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Syst. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    11-14 Oct 1998
  • Firstpage
    4016
  • Abstract
    First introduced in 1965, the concept of a “desirability function” has gained wide acceptance as a method of determining parameter settings to optimize a process with multiple output measurements. Unfortunately, little attention has been paid to the underlying assumptions of decision theory on which the procedure is based. This paper demonstrates critical issues that can arise from blind adherence to this procedure
  • Keywords
    decision theory; optimisation; polynomials; quality control; decision makers; desirability function; parameter settings; process design; Decision theory; Design engineering; Design optimization; Equations; Gain measurement; Linear programming; Optimization methods; Response surface methodology; Software packages; Systems engineering and theory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1998. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1062-922X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4778-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.1998.726717
  • Filename
    726717