Control charts and the efficient allocation of sampling resources

Technometrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 200-214

  Reynolds Jr , Marion R ^a   Stoumbos, Zachary G ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CUSUM; EWMA; Robust; Shewhart; Statistical process control; Steady state

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE SUM (CUSUM) CHARTS; EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE (EWMA); SHEWHART CHARTS; STEADY STATE;

ECONOMICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442449413     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/004017004000000257     Document Type: Article

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