Generalized confidence intervals for process capability indices

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-481

  Mathew, Thomas ^a   Sebastian, G ^b   Kurian, K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b ST THOMAS COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Generalized confidence interval; Generalized pivotal quantity; Lower specification limit; Process capability index; Target value; Upper specification limit

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; JOB ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

GENERALIZED CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENERALIZED PIVOTAL QUANTITY; LOWER SPECIFICATION LIMIT; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDEX; TARGET VALUE; UPPER SPECIFICATION LIMIT;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 34250660525     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.828     Document Type: Article

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