A new process capability index for multiple quality characteristics based on principal components

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4617-4633

  Dharmasena, L S ^a   Zeephongsekul, P ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

confidence intervals; hypothesis tests; manufacturing; multivariate process capability index; process yield

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; MANUFACTURE; MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROCESS CONTROL;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HYPOTHESIS TESTS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MULTIPLE QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIVARIATE PROCESS CAPABILITY INDEX; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; PROCESS YIELD; STATISTICAL HYPOTHESIS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945231460     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1091520     Document Type: Article

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