Advanced Brachytherapy Physics - Vienna 2016

William Edwards Deming (1900–1996) 1926: Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics, Yale University

1927: Employed by USDA and met Walter Shewhart

Applied statistics to industrial production methods A system must be managed. It will not manage itself.

1943: Deming Cycle

Plan or design an experiment D th i t b f i th t o e exper men y per orm ng e s eps Study the results by analyzing the information Act on decisions based upon the analyzed results