Evaluation of run length distribution for X̄ charts with unknown variance

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 116-120

  Del Castillo, Enrique ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Industrial Engineering Department

^c ASQC ^*

Author keywords

Average Run Length; Run Length Distributions; X Control Charts

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GRAPH THEORY; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RUN LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; UNKNOWN VARIANCE;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0029753822     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.1996.11979642     Document Type: Review

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