The run length distributions of the R, s and s2 control charts when σ is estimated

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-322

  Chen, Gemai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Average run leneth; Control chart; Standard deviation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032093889     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3315513     Document Type: Article

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