On the performance of geometric charts with estimated control limits

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 448-458

  Yang, Zhenlin ^a   Xie, Min ^b   Kuralmani, Vellaisamy ^b   Tsui, Kwok Leung ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Average run length; False alarm probability; Sample size; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CONTROL CHARTS; CONTROL LIMITS; GEOMETRIC CHARTS; SAMPLE SIZE EFFECT;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 0442315272     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2002.11980176     Document Type: Article

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