Research Issues and Ideas in Statistical Process Control

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 376-386

  Woodall, William H ^a   Montgomery, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control Charting; Statistical Process Control; Statistical Quality Control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001648555     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.1999.11979944     Document Type: Article

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