An application of non-normal process capability indices

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Chen, K S ^b,c   Pearn, W L ^a,d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f Process Quality Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Percentile; Process capability index; Process mean; Process standard deviation

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL;

PERCENTILE; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDEX; PROCESS MEAN; PROCESS STANDARD DEVIATION;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0031271811     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199711/12)13:6<355::AID-QRE125>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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