Application of Data Mining in Continual Quality Improvement

Abstract:

Aiming at improving product quality continually, this paper proposed an association rules mining system (ARMS) based on idea of PDCA cycling. ARMS have the function of resolving problems coordinately which can integrate process parameters in various distributed processes and discover the relationship between process parameters and product quality feature. The framework of ARMS is composed of three main modules: data warehouse platform module, association rules mining module, association rules optimizing module.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 268-270)
• Pages: 1801-1804
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.268-270.1801
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Jun Tan
• Keywords: Association Rules Mining System, Continual Quality Improvement, Data Mining (DM), PDCA Cycling

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