Alternatives to the multivariate control chart for process dispersion

Quality Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 423-435

  Khoo, Michael B C ^a   Quah, S H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Average run length (ARL); Control chart schemes; Lower control limit (LCL); Multivariate process dispersion control chart; Runs rules; Upper control limit (UCL)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AVERAGE RUN LENGTH; LOWER CONTROL LIMIT; MULTIVARIATE CONTROL CHART; UPPER CONTROL LIMIT;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 1942436721     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/QEN-120027944     Document Type: Article

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