Process capability indices - A review, 1992-2000

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-19

  Kotz, Samuel ^a   Johnson, Norman L ^b  

^a Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Capability indices; Estimation; Nonconformities

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SAMPLING;

PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0002714736     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2002.11980119     Document Type: Article

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