Quality by Design
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It has long been a principle of scientific discovery that a rational strategy is essential to a clear understanding of phenomena and to the creation of knowledge.
Quality by Design
INTRODUCTION
It
has long been a principle of scientific discovery that a rational strategy is
essential to a clear understanding of phenomena and to the creation of
knowledge. Engineering processes present a level of complexity with respect to
operating variables that contribute to their efficiency and reproducibility and
challenge the ability to design experiments sufficiently robust to probe the
range of operating conditions to identify optimal parameters.
The
approach to statistical experimental design will be described in the next
chapter (chap. 18). Several higher-level considerations will be outlined in the
following discussion to allow sufficient definition of any process before it is
subjected to experimental evaluation.
