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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1999
Jeffrey William Stein, East Greenbush, NY (US);
Necip Doganaksoy, Clifton Park, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-based method and processor for determining the equivalence of the respective mean values of physical processes used in the production of goods is provided. The method allows for inputting respective values of various parameters. A storing step allows for storing each inputted value into a memory unit, and a computing step allows for computing, based on the stored values, respective sample sizes required by the processes to determine whether the respective means of the processes are equivalent to one another within a selected equivalence range and within sufficiently acceptable probabilities. The magnitude of the respective sample sizes is sufficiently small to allow a user to experimentally demonstrate the equivalence of the respective means of the processes.