Using confidence intervals to compare process capability indices

Quality Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-32

  Daniels, Lorraine ^a   Edgar, Byron ^b   Burdick, Richard K ^a   Hubele, Norma Faris ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Scientific Monitoring Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonferroni method; Generalized confidence intervals

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

BONFERRONI METHOD; GENERALIZED CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 24044453446     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/QEN-200028666     Document Type: Article

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