A new process capability index for non-normal distributions

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 762-770

  Chen, Jann Pygn ^a   Ding, Cherng G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Measurement; Process efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644440459     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710110396076     Document Type: Review

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