The exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) rule compared with traditionally used quality control rules

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 396-399

  Linnet, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) rule; Multi rules; Power; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 33645754290     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.077     Document Type: Article

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