A bootstrap control chart for weibull percentiles

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-151

  Nichols, Michele D ^a   Padgett, W J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (United States)

^c AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d Institute of Mathematical Statistics   (United States)

^e International Statistical Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Average run length; Control chart limits; Percentiles; Shewhart chart; Statistical process control; Tensile strength; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE RUN LENGTHS; CONTROL CHART LIMITS; PERCENTILES; SHEWHART CHARTS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FLOWCHARTING;

EID: 33644747628     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.691     Document Type: Article

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