Skew normal distribution and the design of control charts for averages

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-63

  Tsai, Tzong Ru ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cornish Fisher expansion; Process capability ratio; Skewness correction method; Weighted standard deviation method; Weighted variance method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL;

CORNISH-FISHER EXPANSION; PROCESS CAPABILITY RATIO; SKEWNESS CORRECTION METHODS; WEIGHTED STANDARD DEVIATION METHODS; WEIGHTED VARIANCE METHODS;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 34047178942     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539307002507     Document Type: Article

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