Control charts for monitoring field failure data

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 733-755

  Batson, Robert G ^a   Jeong, Yoonseok ^a   Fonseca, Daniel J ^a   Ray, Paul S ^a  

^a The University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Control charts; Field failure; Life model; Normalizing transformation; Reliability monitoring

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; DEMODULATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

CONTROL CHARTS; FIELD FAILURE; LIFE MODELS; NORMALIZING TRANSFORMATION; RELIABILITY MONITORING;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 33750727666     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.725     Document Type: Article

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