A control chart method for ordinal data

American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 31-48

  Tucker, Gary R ^a   Woodall, William H ^b   Tsui, Kwok Leung ^c  

^a Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignable cause; Control chart; Maximum likelihood estimate; Measurement scale; Ordinal data; Robustness; Signal probability

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

SIGNAL PROBABILITY;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 0036380008     PISSN: 01966324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01966324.2002.10737574     Document Type: Article

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