A likelihood-ratio-based EWMA control chart for monitoring variability of multivariate normal processes

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 865-879

  Yeh, Arthur B ^a   Huwang, Longcheen ^b   Wu, Yu Fang ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONTROL CHART; EXPONENTIALLY WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGES; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; MULTIVARIATE NORMAL PROCESS; PROCESS VARIABILITY;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 3943066407     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170490473042     Document Type: Article

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