A new method for constructing confidence intervals for the index C pm

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 651-665

  Perakis, Michael ^a   Xekalaki, Evdokia ^a,b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Approximate confidence intervals; Lower confidence limits; Non central chi square distribution; Process capability indices; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECIFICATIONS;

APPROXIMATE CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; LOWER CONFIDENCE LIMITS; NON-CENTRAL CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 8644269614     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.574     Document Type: Article

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