Standardization: Mathematical Methods in Assortment Determination

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
The Costs of Standardization....Pages 10-19
Several Ways to Select a Size Pattern....Pages 20-25
The Construction of the Size Pattern and the Determination of the Number of Sizes When Standardizing One Property....Pages 26-47
The Recursion Formulae for the Homogeneous Distribution....Pages 48-56
The Recursion Formulae for the Normal Distribution....Pages 57-66
The Recursion Formulae for the Log Normal Distribution....Pages 67-72
The Recursion Formulae for the Gamma Distribution....Pages 73-81
The Standardization of the Power of Electro Motors....Pages 82-95
The Estimation of the Parameters of a Probability Density Function Using a Table of Observed Frequencies....Pages 96-103
Further Analysis of Optimal Size Patterns....Pages 104-119
Size Patterns Which form an Arithmetical or Geometrical Series....Pages 120-130
The Standardization of Two Properties of a Product....Pages 131-135
The Grid Restriction....Pages 136-152
The Line Restriction....Pages 153-161
The Generalized Grid Restriction....Pages 162-176
Unrestricted Selection of the Sizes....Pages 177-188
The Standardization of Flat Steel Sections....Pages 189-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-248