Assessing process capability based on the lower confidence bound of Cpk for asymmetric tolerances

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 205-227

  Chang, Y C ^a   Wu, Chien Wei ^b  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric tolerances; Lower confidence bound; Process capability indices; Quality control; Sample size determination

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BINARY CODES; MATLAB; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SIZE DETERMINATION;

ASYMMETRIC TOLERANCES; LOWER CONFIDENCE BOUNDS; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 41149137217     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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