The SPRT control chart for the process mean with samples starting at fixed times

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-34

  Stoumbos, Zachary G ^a   Reynolds Jr , Marion R ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Average sample number; Average time to signal; CUSUM control charts; Diffusion theory approximations; Sequential probability ratio test; Statistical process control; Steady state; Variable sampling interval control charts

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041738009     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(99)00286-2     Document Type: Article

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