Monitoring reduction in variability with the range

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 515-523

  Acosta Mejia, Cesar A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; EFFICIENCY; MONITORING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0032093956     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179808966491     Document Type: Article

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