US 7,321,848 B2
Manufacturing design and process analysis system
Steve W. Tuszynski, 750 S. Bundy Dr. #304, Los Angeles, Calif. 90049 (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/180,244.
Application 11/180244 is a continuation of application No. 10/067704, filed on Feb. 04, 2002, granted, now 7,072,808.
Prior Publication US 2005/0246149 A1, Nov. 03, 2005
Int. Cl. G06F 17/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 703—2  [700/33] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus facilitating design, manufacturing, and other processes comprising:
a processor;
a memory;
a software application, physically stored in the memory, comprising instructions operable to cause the processor and the apparatus to:
receive a plurality of article characteristic values associated with a set of articles having a range of variation as to a plurality of article characteristics resulting from a process;
select a predictor characteristic from the plurality of article characteristics; and,
determine the regression model(s) between the predictor characteristic and at least one of the remaining article characteristics in the plurality of article characteristics.