The quality loss function, introduced by Japanese engineer, statistician and scientist Dr. Genichi Taguchi in the 1980s, is still one of the most interesting topics in applied industrial statistics and quality engineering and management, which presented a paradigm shift in quality loss and product, process and/or system quality conception. Taguchi emphasized a proactive approach toward quality in terms of embedding quality requirements into the design of product, process and/or system, which highly influenced today's quality approaches such as the aquality-by-design' concept strongly demanded...