A method for monitoring a process from an out of control to an in control state: Application to the learning curve

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1900-1909

  Biau, David J ^a,b   Porcher, Raphaël ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Control chart; CUSUM; LC CUSUM; Learning curve; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; HEART SURGERY; LEARNING; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PROCESS MONITORING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 77955348602     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3947     Document Type: Article

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