Attribute charts for monitoring a dependent process

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-365

  Shepherd, Deborah K ^a   Champ, Charles W ^b   Rigdon, Steven E ^c   Fuller, Howard T ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^d CEO/President Fuller   (United States)

Author keywords

Average run length; Control limits; Markov chain; Shewhart control chart; Transition matrix

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROCESS CONTROL;

AVERAGE RUN LENGTH; CONTROL LIMITS; SHEWHART CONTROL CHARTS; TRANSITION MATRIX;

PROCESS MONITORING;

EID: 34047151714     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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