The critical problem in dealing with multiple characteristics is how to compromise the conflict among the selected levels of the design parameters for each individual characteristic. In this study, First, Methodology using SN ratio optimized by univariate technique is proposed and a parameter design procedure to achieve the optimal compromise among several different response variables is developed. Second, to solve the issue on the optimal design for multiple quality characteristics, this study modelled the expected loss function with cross-product terms among the characteristics and derived range of the coefficients of the terms. The model will be used to determine the global optimal design parameters where there exists the conflict among the characteristics, which shows difference in optimal design parameters for the individual characteristics. Third, this paper propose a decision model to incorporates the values assigned by a group of experts on different factors in weighting decision of characteristic. Using this model, SN ratio of taguchi method for each of subjective factors as well as values of weights are used in this comprehensive method for weighting decision of characteristic.

In this paper, under JIT kanban system designed by Moeeni, each performance measures (service level, inventory level) identify the robust optimal level at a uncertain environment, and when there are multiple performance characteristics, it propose the optimal design-method and the optimal level decision-method, which consider multiple performance characteristics.

The energy saving is one of the most important factors for profit in marine transportation. In order to reduce the fuel oil consumtion the ship's propulsion efficiency must be increased as possible. The propulsion efficiency depends upon a combination of an engine and a propeller. The propeller has better efficiency as lower rotational speed. This situation led the engine manufacturers to design the engine that has low speed, long stroke and a small number of cylinders. Consequently, the variation of rotational torque became larger than before because of the longer delay-time in fuel oil injection process and an increased output per cylinder. As this new trends the conventional mechanical-hydrualic governors for engine speed control have been replaced by digital speed controllers which adopted the PID control or the optimal control algorithm. But these control algorithms have not enough robustness to suppress the variation of the delay-time and the parameter perturbation. In this paper we consider the delay-time and the perturbation of engine parameters as the modeling uncetainties. Next we design the robust servo controller which has zero offset in steady state engine speed, based on H sub(∞) control theory. The validity of the controller was investigated through the response simulation. We used a personal computer and an analog computer as the digital controller and the engine (plant) part respectively. And, we could certify that the designed controller maintains its robust servo performance even though the engine parameters may vary.

저등급 석탄인 갈탄(lignite)을 순환 유동층 가스화기(circulating fluidized bed gasifier)의 효과적인 가스화를 위한 공급탄으로 제조하기 위하여 모든 조건들은 동일하고 스크린의 크기만을 변경하여 목적하는 입도분포 특성을 달성하는 최적조건을 찾기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 가스화기 공급탄은 0.045~1 mm 크기로 85 wt% 이상이 요구되며 이러한 입도분포를 갖는 공급탄을 제조하기 위해서는 경제적이면서도 효과적인 공정 설계가 반드시 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구는 중국산 갈탄을 해머밀로 효과적으로 분쇄하기 위하여 다구치 설계를 사용하였으며, 설계조건에 따른 실험결과 및 통계분석 결과 95% 유의수준에서 1차 스크린의 크기는 3 mm, 2차 스크린의 크기는 1.3 mm인 경우가 최적화된 조건인 것으로 나타났다.

비선형 시스템의 제어를 위해서 일반적으로 사용하는 하나의 동작점에서 얻은 선형모델에 기초한 제어기는 여러 가지 선형제어기법을 응용할 수 있다는 장점이 있지만 파라미터 변동에 대해 적절히 대처하지 못하는 단점을 가진다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 제어대상의 시스템 파라미터가 변동하는 경우에도 제어기가 적응적으로 작동하기 위한 방법으로 보간-LQ 제어기법을 제안한다. 보간-LQ 제어기는 다수개의 서브-LQ 제어기를 설계하고, 이들의 이득을 다시 보간하는 방법을 사용하기 때문에 파라미터 변동에 따라 제어기의 이득이 지속적으로 조정되는 제어기이다. 제안한 방법은 파라미터 변동이 존재하는 컨테이너 크레인 시스템에 적용하여 유효성을 살펴본다.