The exact run length distribution and design of the S2 chart when the in-control variance is estimated

International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-38

  Castagliola, Philippe ^a   Celano, Giovanni ^b   Chen, Gemai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional distribution; Process variance; S2 chart

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL CHARTS; CONTROL LIMITS; DATA SETS; IN CONTROLS; PHASE I; PROCESS VARIABILITIES; PROCESS VARIANCE; RUN LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; S2 CHART;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 65249106589     PISSN: 02185393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218539309003277     Document Type: Article

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