Tolerance intervals with improved coverage probabilities for binomial and poisson variables

Technometrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Wang, Hsiuying ^a   Tsung, Fugee ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Binomial distribution; Poisson distribution; Quality control; Tolerance interval

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COVERAGE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; COVERAGE PROBABILITIES; DATA APPLICATION; DISCRETE VARIABLES; FINANCIAL LOSS; TOLERANCE INTERVAL;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LOSSES; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 69449083105     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/TECH.2009.0003     Document Type: Article

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