Median rankit control chart by the quantile approach

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 757-770

  Kanji, G K ^a,b   Arif, Osama Hasan ^a,b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Business School and Computing Management Science   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0442302219     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: 13600532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02664760050081933     Document Type: Article

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