Robustness properties of multivariate EWMA control charts

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Testik, Murat C ^a   Runger, George C ^a   Borror, Connie M ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Average run length; Control charts; Multivariate exponentially weighted moving average

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMPUTERS; MONITORING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTROL CHART; MULTIVARIATE EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE; MULTIVARIATE GAMMA DISTRIBUTION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0037288758     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.498     Document Type: Article

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