Short-run statistical process control: Multicriteria part family formation

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-24

  Lin, Shih Yen ^a,b,c,d,e   Lai, Young Jou ^a,b,f   Chang, Shing I ^a,b,g,h  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h ASEE ^*

Author keywords

ARL; Compromise solution; Maximin approach; Multiple criteria decision making; Part family; Shewhart control chart; Short run SPC; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTROL CHARTS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MULTICRITERIA PART FAMILY FORMATION; STANDARD DEVIATIONS;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0030835218     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199701)13:1<9::AID-QRE58>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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