Economic and statistical design of and S control charts using an improved multi-objective particle swarm optimisation algorithm

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-117

  Yang, Wen An ^a   Guo, Yu ^a   Liao, Wenhe ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

control charts; multi objective optimisation; particle swarm optimisation; statistical process control; Taguchi's loss function

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; CONTROL CHARTS; CONVENTIONAL CONTROL; CROWDING DISTANCE; DECISION-MAKING PROBLEM; FIELD OPERATION; LOSS MODEL; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE PROBLEM; OPTIMISATIONS; OUT-OF-CONTROL STATE; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARETO-OPTIMAL FRONT; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMISATION; PROCESS SHIFTS; QUALITY LOSS; S CONTROL CHARTS; STANDARD PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL DESIGN; STATISTICAL PROCESS; TAGUCHI'S LOSS FUNCTION; WELL-SPREAD;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; FLOWCHARTING; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84863254225     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.571448     Document Type: Article

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