A control chart for the Gamma distribution as a model of time between events

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5649-5666

  Zhang, C W ^a   Xie, M ^b   Liu, J Y ^b   Goh, T N ^b  

^a Hitachi Asia Ltd Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Control chart; Exponential distribution; Gamma distribution; Random shift model; Time between events

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

CONTROL CHART; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION; GAMMA CHART; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM-SHIFT MODEL; TIME BETWEEN EVENTS;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 35348926139     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701325082     Document Type: Article

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