A comparative study and design of EWMA control charts for monitoring process variations in short run productions

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 268-278

  Chang, Shing I ^a   Lin, Shih Yen ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Average Run Length (ARL); Average Time Length (ATL); Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) Charts; Short Run SPC; Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONITORING; PRODUCTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AVERAGE RUN LENGTH; AVERAGE TIME LENGTH; EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE CONTROL CHART; SHORT RUN PRODUCTION; SHORT RUN STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0030379846     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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