Statistical process control for monitoring scheduling performance—addressing the problem of correlated data

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 810-820

  Maccarthy, B L ^a   Wasusri, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated data; EWMA; Performance measurement; Scheduling; SPC control charts

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CORRELATED DATA;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0035394160     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601165     Document Type: Article

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