Robust estimation in multivariate control charts for individual observations

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-376

  Vargas, José Alberto N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Control charts; Mahalanobis distance; Outliers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

CONTROL CHART; INDIVIDUAL OBSERVATIONS; MINIMUM VOLUME ELLIPSOID ESTIMATORS; ROBUST ESTIMATORS;

MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642438139     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2003.11980234     Document Type: Article

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