A unified Markov chain approach for computing the run length distribution in control charts with simple or compound rules

Statistics and Probability Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-466

  Fu, James C ^a   Shmueli, Galit ^b   Chang, Y M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Control charts; Discretization; Markov chain; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345599101     PISSN: 01677152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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