Designing Phase I X̄ charts with small sample sizes

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 497-510

  Champ, Charles W ^a   Jones, L Allison ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control charts; Retrospective; Shewhart charts

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; PRODUCT DESIGN; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

CONTROL CHARTS; RETROSPECTIVE; SHEWHART CHARTS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CONTROL THEORY;

EID: 3943086275     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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