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MIT OpenCourseWare
Robust System Design
Art: Claude Louis Desrais, Montgolfiere 1783, 18th… · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Daniel Frey
- Term
- Summer 1998
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 74 other files · 5 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 16.881 Robust System Design, Summer 1998, Prof. Daniel Frey — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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How this course was organized
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- A lecture sequence of 22 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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Materials by section
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Lecture Notes
23 files
- Course Introduction: Probability, Statistics and Quality Loss Download
- Context of Robust Design Download
- Matrix Experiments Using Orthogonal Arrays / Paper Helicopter Lab Download
- Performance Characterization Download
- Control and Noise Factors Download
- Analysis of Variance: ANOVA Download
- Lecture 7 · XLS1 Download
- Lecture 7 · XLS2 Download
- XLS3 Download
- XLS4 Download
- Constructing Orthogonal Arrays Download
- Lecture 9 · XLS1 Download
- Lecture 9 · XLS2 Download
- Orthogonal Arrays Download
- Robust Design Using Simulations Download
- Design of Dynamic Systems Download
- Reliability Improvement Download
- Review for Final Exam Download
- Tolerance Design Download
- Mahalanobis Taguchi System Download
- Lecture 17 · XLS1 Download
- The Mahalanobis Distance in Character Recognition Download
- Robust Conceptual Design Download
Assignments
12 files
- Variation and its Economic Consequences Download
- Quality Loss Functions Download
- Supplement: Exploration of the Quadratic Loss Function Download
- 2 · Solutions Download
- The Context of Robust Design and the Principles of Quality Engineering Download
- Matrix Experiments Using Orthogonal Arrays Download
- Design for Additivity Download
- Prooposed Solution Download
- Robust Design Using Simulations / Design of Dynamic Systems Download
- 8 · Solutions Download
- Robust Design and Reliability Download
- 9 · Solutions Download
Exams
16 files
- Quiz 1: The Principles of Robust Design Download
- Quiz 1: The Principles of Robust Design · Solutions Download
- Quiz 2: Matrix Experiments Download
- Quiz 2: Matrix Experiments · Solutions Download
- Quiz 3: Steps in Robust Design (Data Analysis) Download
- Quiz 3: Steps in Robust Design (Data Analysis) · Solutions Download
- Quiz 4: S/N Ratios & Additivity Download
- Quiz 4: S/N Ratios & Additivity · Solutions Download
- Quiz 5: Analysis of Variance Download
- Quiz 5: Analysis of Variance · Solutions Download
- Quiz 6: Constructing Orthogonal Arrays Download
- Quiz 6: Constructing Orthogonal Arrays · Solutions Download
- Quiz 7: Design of Dynamic Systems Download
- Quiz 7: Design of Dynamic Systems · Solutions Download
- Final Exam Download
- Final Exam · Solutions Download
Other materials from this course
23 files
- Oral Report Notes (HW1_Variation_Grading_Template.pdf) Download
- Quality Loss Functions (HW2_quality_loss.mcd) Download
- HW3_soln.mcd Download
- Spring-back (HW5_spring_back3.mcd) Download
- l9_cad2.pdf Download
- Letters 2 (letters2.mcd) Download
- Letters 3 (letters3.mcd) Download
- Letters 4 (letters4.mcd) Download
- Letters 5 (letters5.mcd) Download
- Letters 6 (letters6.mcd) Download
- Letters 7 (letters7.mcd) Download
- Letters 8 (letters8.mcd) Download
- Quiz 6 Solutions (quiz6soln.xls) Download
- Quiz 7 (quiz7.xls) Download
- Quiz 7 Solution (quiz7soln.mcd) Download
- SOLN2_quality_loss.mcd Download
- Selection of Quality Characteristics in the Context of Taguchi?s Additive S/N Model (additive_response_variables.pdf) Download
- Corr_monte (corr_monte.mcd) Download
- Letters 1 (letters.mcd) Download
- The Concept of Noise in Robust Design (the_concept_of_noise_in_robust_design.pdf) Download
- Improving Prosthetic Prehension (maui.pdf) Download
- Difference_amp (difference_amp.mcd) Download
- Check Error (checkerror.mcd) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: 1 hr 50 min
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Lecture 5: 1.5 hrs
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Lecture 11: 2.5 hrs
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Lecture 16: 1 hr 50 min
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Lecture 17: 2 hrs
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Lecture 19: 2 hrs
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Lecture 20: 2 hrs
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Lecture 21: 2 hrs
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Lecture 22: 1 hr 50 min
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Daniel Frey, 16.881 Robust System Design, Summer 1998.
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