Shewhart control charts for the scale parameter of a Weibull control variable with fixed and variable sampling intervals

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-160

  Ramalhoto, M F ^a   Morais, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 0041399122     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664769922700     Document Type: Article

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