Phase I control charts for times between events

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 479-488

  Jones, L Allison ^a   Champ, Charles W ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control chart; Exponential distribution; Phase I; Poisson process

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONTROL CHARTS; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PHASE CONTROL;

EID: 0036863901     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.496     Document Type: Review

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