Run length distribution and percentiles: The shewhart X̄ chart with unknown parameters

Quality Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-127

  Chakraborti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Average run length (ARL); Cumulative distribution function (c.d.f.); False alarm rate (FAR); Median run length (MRL); Parameter estimation; Phase I and II; Statistical process control (SPC); Stochastic ordering

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

AVERAGE RUN LENGTH; CONTROL CHART; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; FALSE ALARM RATE; INTERQUARTILE RANGE;

FLOWCHARTING;

EID: 34047242010     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982110701276653     Document Type: Article

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