Compound Noise - MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering

394 J. SINGH ET AL.
Define the robust design scenario
Sparse
Assumptions about
effect sparsity
Dense
Yes
Is the directionality of
noise factors known
No
Use fractional/full
factorial array as
outer array (instead
of compound
noise)
Use compound noise
(as defined by Taguchi,
Phadke) as outer array
Use random
compound noise
as outer array
Carry out robust design using the
chosen outer array
Figure 1. Suggested procedure for compound noise in robust design
Acknowledgement
The support of Ford–MIT Alliance is gratefully acknowledged.
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DOI: 10.1002/qre