Bayesian and shrinkage estimation of process capability index Cp

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-228

  Singh, Housila P ^a   Saxena, Sharad ^b  

^a VIKRAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Guessed value; Normal distribution; Process capability index (PCI); Shrinkage estimator; Squared error loss function (SELF)

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATION; GUESSED VALUE; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDEX (PCI); SHRINKAGE ESTIMATOR; SQUARED ERROR LOSS FUNCTION (SELF);

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 14544298447     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-200045852     Document Type: Article

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