Effects of parameter estimation on control chart properties: A literature review

Journal of Quality Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-364

  Jensen, Willis A ^a,e,f   Jones Farmer, L Allison ^b,f,g   Champ, Charles W ^c,f,g   Woodall, William H ^d,f,g  

^a W L GORE AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e Medical Products Division   (United States)

^f ASQ   (United States)

^g Department of Management ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

ARL; Conditional Distribution; Marginal Distribution; Phase I; Phase II; Run Length Performance; Sample Size; Shewhart Chart; Statistical Process Control

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; RUN-LENGTH PERFORMANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SHEWHART CHART;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 33750179476     PISSN: 00224065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224065.2006.11918623     Document Type: Review

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