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Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 31
Volume 31, Number 1, February 2015
Editorial
- Subha Chakraborti, Peihua Qiu

, Amitava Mukherjee
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Editorial to the Special Issue: Nonparametric Statistical Process Control Charts. 1-2
- Shin-Li Lu

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An Extended Nonparametric Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Sign Control Chart. 3-13 - Liu Liu

, Bin Chen, Jian Zhang, Xuemin Zi:
Adaptive Phase II Nonparametric EWMA Control Chart with Variable Sampling Interval. 15-26 - Peihua Qiu

, Jingnan Zhang:
On Phase II SPC in Cases When Normality is Invalid. 27-35 - Wei Ning, Arthur B. Yeh, Xinqi Wu, Boxiang Wang

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A Nonparametric Phase I Control Chart for Individual Observations Based on Empirical Likelihood Ratio. 37-55 - Kelly McGinnity, Eric Chicken, Joseph J. Pignatiello Jr.:

Nonparametric Changepoint Estimation for Sequential Nonlinear Profile Monitoring. 57-73 - Marco Grasso, Bianca Maria Colosimo

, Quirico Semeraro
, Massimo Pacella
:
A Comparison Study of Distribution-Free Multivariate SPC Methods for Multimode Data. 75-96 - Ching-Ren Cheng, Jyh-Jen Horng Shiau:

A Distribution-Free Multivariate Control Chart for Phase I Applications. 97-111 - N. Balakrishnan, Christian Paroissin

, Jean-Christophe Turlot:
One-sided Control Charts Based on Precedence and Weighted Precedence Statistics. 113-134 - Shovan Chowdhury

, Amitava Mukherjee
, Subha Chakraborti:
Distribution-free Phase II CUSUM Control Chart for Joint Monitoring of Location and Scale. 135-151
Volume 31, Number 2, March 2015
- C. Devon Lin, Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Michael S. Hamada, Leslie M. Moore, Randy R. Sitter:

Using Genetic Algorithms to Design Experiments: A Review. 155-167
- V. N. Aju kumar, M. S. Gandhi, O. P. Gandhi:

Identification and Assessment of Factors Influencing Human Reliability in Maintenance Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. 169-181 - Sipke van Manen, Ed Brandt, Jaap van Ekris

, Wouter Geurts:
TOPAAS: An Alternative Approach to Software Reliability Quantification. 183-191 - Linhan Ouyang

, Yizhong Ma, Jai-Hyun Byun:
An Integrative Loss Function Approach to Multi-Response Optimization. 193-204 - Roberta Inghilleri, Toni Lupo

, Gianfranco Passannanti:
An Effective Double Sampling Scheme for the c Control Chart. 205-216 - Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova, Amer Ibrahim Al-Omari:
Improved Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts for Monitoring Process Mean and Dispersion. 217-237 - Aamir Saghir

, Zhengyan Lin:
The Negative Binomial Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Chart with Estimated Control Limits. 239-250 - Yu Zhou

, Gang Kou
, Daji Ergu:
Analysing Operating Data to Measure the Maintenance Performance*. 251-263 - Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova:
An Improved Maximum Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Mean and Variability. 265-290 - Yiming Peng, Liaosa Xu, Marion R. Reynolds Jr.:

The Design of the Variable Sampling Interval Generalized Likelihood Ratio Chart for Monitoring the Process Mean. 291-296 - Antonio Fernando Branco Costa, Marcela Aparecida Guerreiro Machado:

The steady-state behavior of the synthetic and side-sensitive synthetic double sampling X¯ charts. 297-303 - Toni Lupo

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The New Nino Capability Index for Dynamic Process Capability Analysis. 305-312 - Krzysztof Ciupke

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Multivariate Process Capability Vector Based on One-Sided Model. 313-327 - Michele Scagliarini:

A Note on the Multivariate Process Capability Index MCpm. 329-339
Volume 31, Number 3, April 2015
- Lihui Shi, Kailash C. Kapur

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A Synthesis of Feedback and Feedforward Control for Process Improvement Under Stationary and Nonstationary Time Series Disturbance Models. 343-354 - Shane Dougherty, James R. Simpson, Raymond R. Hill, Joseph J. Pignatiello Jr., Edward D. White:

Effect of Heredity and Sparsity on Second-Order Screening Design Performance. 355-368 - Hafiz Zafar Nazir, Muhammad Riaz

, Ronald J. M. M. Does
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Robust CUSUM Control Charting for Process Dispersion. 369-379 - Michael Perakis, Evdokia Xekalaki:

Assessing the Proportion of Conformance of a Process from a Bayesian Perspective. 381-387 - Muhammad Riaz

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On Enhanced Interquartile Range Charting for Process Dispersion. 389-398 - Rachel T. Silvestrini:

Considerations for D-Optimal Sequential Design. 399-410 - Takeshi Emura, Yi-Shuan Lin:

A Comparison of Normal Approximation Rules for Attribute Control Charts. 411-418 - Kai Gu, Xinzhang Jia, Hongwei Liu, Hailong You:

Yield-Based Capability Index for Evaluating the Performance of Multivariate Manufacturing Process. 419-430 - Jeh-Nan Pan, Wendy K. C. Huang:

Developing New Multivariate Process Capability Indices for Autocorrelated Data. 431-444 - Wen-An Yang, Yu Guo, Wenhe Liao:

A Hybrid Learning-Based Model for Simultaneous Monitoring of Process Mean and Variance. 445-463 - Rubén Darío Guevara

, José Alberto Vargas:
Process Capability Analysis for NonLinear Profiles Using Depth Functions. 465-487 - Robert M. Steward, Steven E. Rigdon:

The Efficiency of a Wavelet Transformation Approach to Prospective Monitoring. 489-500 - Baocai Guo, Bing Xing Wang

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The Design of the ARL-Unbiased S2 Chart When the In-Control Variance Is Estimated. 501-511 - Zhi-Sheng Ye, Nan Chen

, Kwok-Leung Tsui
:
A Bayesian Approach to Condition Monitoring with Imperfect Inspections. 513-522
- Anna Gustafson, Håkan Schunnesson, Uday Kumar:

Reliability Analysis and Comparison Between Automatic and Manual Load Haul Dump Machines. 523-531
Volume 31, Number 4, June 2015
- Zhen He, Panpan Zhou, Min Zhang, Thong Ngee Goh:

A Review of Analysis of Dynamic Response in Design of Experiments. 535-542
- Hsin-En Cheng, Rong-Sheng Chen, Chao-Yang Mao:

Packaging Parameters Analysis for the Fatigue Reliability of Stacked Chip Ball Grid Array by Using the Optimal Equivalent Solder Balls. 543-566 - Chuanning Xie, Xiaoqi Tang, Jihong Chen, Bao Song, Jian Jin, Hangjun Zhang:

Humidity Threshold Model of Numerical Control Multilayer Printed Circuit Board for Electrochemical Migration. 567-578 - Fu-Kwun Wang

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Measuring the Process Yield for Circular Profiles. 579-588 - Liaosa Xu, Yiming Peng, Marion R. Reynolds Jr.:

An Individuals Generalized Likelihood Ratio Control Chart for Monitoring Linear Profiles. 589-599 - Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi

, Afshin Jamshidi, Daoud Ait-Kadi
, Angel B. Ruiz
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Using Fuzzy Cost-Based FMEA, GRA and Profitability Theory for Minimizing Failures at a Healthcare Diagnosis Service. 601-615 - Fabio Sgarbossa

, Alessandro Persona, Hoang Pham:
Using Systemability Function for Periodic Replacement Policy in Real Environments. 617-633 - Guofu Zhai, Yuege Zhou, Xuerong Ye:

A Tolerance Design Method for Electronic Circuits Based on Performance Degradation. 635-643 - Taha Hossein Hejazi

, Mirmehdi Seyyed-Esfahani, Masoud Mahootchi:
Optimization of Degree of Conformance in Multiresponse-Multistage Systems with a Simulation-based Metaheuristic. 645-658 - Nirpeksh Kumar

, Subha Chakraborti:
Improved Phase I Control Charts for Monitoring Times Between Events. 659-668 - Rainer Göb, Kristina Lurz, Antonio Pievatolo

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More Accurate Prediction Intervals for Exponential Smoothing with Covariates with Applications in Electrical Load Forecasting and Sales Forecasting. 669-682 - Linda Lee Ho

, Antonio Fernando Branco Costa:
Attribute Charts for Monitoring the Mean Vector of Bivariate Processes. 683-693 - Zhiguo Li, Zhenyu James Kong:

A Generalized Procedure for Monitoring Right-censored Failure Time Data. 695-705 - Eugene C. Ukaegbu, Polycarp E. Chigbu:

Graphical Evaluation of the Prediction Capabilities of Partially Replicated Orthogonal Central Composite Designs. 707-717
- Nasir Abbas

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Progressive Mean as a Special Case of Exponentially Weighted Moving Average. 719-720 - Nasir Abbas

, Muhammad Riaz
, Ronald J. M. M. Does
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Enhancing the Performance of Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Charts: Discussion. 721-722
Volume 31, Number 5, July 2015
- Aarnout Brombacher:

Case studies. 723
- Aamir Saghir

, Zhengyan Lin:
Control Charts for Dispersed Count Data: An Overview. 725-739
- Yin Chan, Bing Han, Francis G. Pascual:

Monitoring the Weibull Shape Parameter with Type II Censored Data. 741-760 - Hu-Chen Liu

, Ping Li, Jian-Xin You, Yi-Zeng Chen:
A Novel Approach for FMEA: Combination of Interval 2-Tuple Linguistic Variables and Gray Relational Analysis. 761-772 - Bjarne Bergquist

, Peter Söderholm
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Data Analysis for Condition-Based Railway Infrastructure Maintenance. 773-781 - Andre Kleyner

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Effect of Field Stress Variance on Test to Field Correlation in Accelerated Reliability Demonstration Testing. 783-788 - Jason K. Freels

, Joseph J. Pignatiello Jr., Richard L. Warr
, Raymond R. Hill:
Bridging the Gap between Quantitative and Qualitative Accelerated Life Tests. 789-800 - Tom Burr, Michael S. Hamada:

A Multiplicative Model for Gauge R & R Studies. 801-809 - Sehee Lee, Sang-Uk Cheon, Jeongsam Yang:

Development of a Fuzzy Rule-based Decision-making System for Evaluating the Lifetime of a Rubber Fender. 811-828 - Ryan Lekivetz, Bradley A. Jones:

Fast Flexible Space-Filling Designs for Nonrectangular Regions. 829-837 - Mohammed S. Shafae

, Rebecca M. Dickinson, William H. Woodall, Jaime A. Camelio
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Cumulative Sum Control Charts for Monitoring Weibull-distributed Time Between Events. 839-849 - Mahmoud A. Mahmoud

, Abd El Naser Saad, Reham El Shaer
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Phase II Multiple Linear Regression Profile with Small Sample Sizes. 851-861 - Wai Chung Yeong

, Michael B. C. Khoo
, Yanjing Ou, Philippe Castagliola:
Economic-Statistical Design of the Synthetic X¯ Chart with Estimated Process Parameters. 863-876 - Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova:
New Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts for Monitoring Process Mean and Process Dispersion. 877-901
Volume 31, Number 6, October 2015
- Wenjuan Liang, Xiaolong Pu, Yan Li:

A New EWMA Chart Based on Weighted Loss Function for Monitoring the Process Mean and Variance. 905-916 - Michael S. Hamada:

Impact and Assessment of Measurement Systems that Meet the 4: 1 Rule. 917-921 - Seong-Hee Kim

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A Distribution-freeCUSUMChart for Monitoring Variability of AutocorrelatedProcesses. 923-934 - Abdelbaset Khalaf, Karim Djouani

, Yskandar Hamam, Yasser Alayli:
Maintenance Strategies and Failure-Cost Model for Medical Equipment. 935-947 - Esperan Padonou, Olivier Roustant, Michel Lutz:

Robust Monitoring of an Industrial IT System in the Presence of Structural Change. 949-962 - Samia Maza:

Diagnosis Modelling for Dependability Assessment of Fault-Tolerant Systems Based on Stochastic Activity Networks. 963-976 - Michele Scagliarini:

A Method for Improving Multivariate Measurement Systems Assessment. 977-988 - Inez Maria Zwetsloot

, Marit Schoonhoven, Ronald J. M. M. Does
:
A Robust Phase I Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Chart for Dispersion. 989-999
- Sam Davanloo Tajbakhsh

, Enrique del Castillo
, James L. Rosenberger:
A Bayesian Approach to Sequential Optimization based on Computer Experiments. 1001-1012
- Firoozeh Haghighi, Philippe Castagliola:

Conditional Control Charts for Monitoring the Weibull Shape Parameter under Progressively Type II Censored Data. 1013-1022 - Ning Wang, Marion R. Reynolds Jr.:

The Generalized Likelihood Ratio Chart for Monitoring a Proportion with Autocorrelation. 1023-1034 - Mu'azu Ramat Abujiya

, Muhammad Hisyam Lee
, Muhammad Riaz
:
Increasing the Sensitivity of Cumulative Sum Charts for Location. 1035-1051 - Fu-Kwun Wang

, Yeneneh Tamirat:
Process Yield Analysis for Linear Within-Profile Autocorrelation. 1053-1061 - Qurat-Ul-Ain Khaliq

, Muhammad Riaz
, Farrokh Alemi:
Performance of Tukey's and Individual/Moving Range Control Charts. 1063-1077
- Koen Rutten, Josse De Baerdemaeker, Julian Stoev, Maarten Witters, Bart De Ketelaere:

Constrained Online Optimization Using Evolutionary Operation: A Case Study About Energy-Optimal Robot Control. 1079-1088
- Ross Sparks:

Monitoring Highly Correlated Multivariate Processes Using Hotelling's T2 Statistic: Problems and Possible Solutions. 1089-1097
- Ali A. Ismail, Shaban E. Abu-Youssef

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A Goodness of Fit Approach to the Class of Life Distributions with Unknown Age. 1099
Volume 31, Number 7, November 2015
Editorial
- Irena Ograjensek

, Marco Seabra dos Reis
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The ENBIS-14 Quality and Reliability Engineering International Special Issue. 1101-1102
- Shuki Dror, Dina Margol:

A Framework for Analyzing Malpractice Cases to Improve Healthcare Systems. 1103-1113 - Rosa Falotico, Caterina Liberati

, Paola Zappa
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Identifying Oncological Patient Information Needs to Improve e-Health Communication: a preliminary text-mining analysis. 1115-1126 - Alex Kuiper, Michel Mandjes:

Practical Principles in Appointment Scheduling. 1127-1135 - Aliye Ayca Supciller

, Nilsu Abali:
Occupational Health and Safety Within the Scope of Risk Analysis with Fuzzy Proportional Risk Assessment Technique (Fuzzy Prat). 1137-1150 - Manoj Dora

, Xavier Gellynck:
Lean Six Sigma Implementation in a Food Processing SME: A Case Study. 1151-1159 - Alberto Pasanisi, Côme Roero, Emmanuel Remy, Nicolas Bousquet:

On the Practical Interest of Discrete Inverse Pólya and Weibull-1 Models in Industrial Reliability Studies. 1161-1175 - Pasquale Erto, Antonio Lepore

, Biagio Palumbo
, Luigi Vitiello
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A Procedure for Predicting and Controlling the Ship Fuel Consumption: Its Implementation and Test. 1177-1184 - Ulrike Grömping:

Augmented Half Normal Effects Plots in the Presence of a Few Error Degrees of Freedom. 1185-1196 - Peter J. Zemroch:

The Computerized Generation of Fractional-replicate Designs Using Galois Fields and Hadamard Matrices. 1197-1207 - Francesco Adamo

, Rossella Berni, Attilio Di Nisio
, Valeria L. Scarano, Maurizio Spadavecchia
:
Optimization of ADC Channels of A Smart Energy Meter Including Random Noise Effects. 1209-1222 - Nikolaus Rudak, Birger Hussong, Sonja Kuhnt

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Simultaneous Optimization of Multiple Correlated Responses with Application to a Thermal Spraying Process. 1223-1238 - Raffaele Argiento

, Pier Giovanni Bissiri
, Antonio Pievatolo
, Chiara Scrosati
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Multilevel Functional Principal Component Analysis of Façade Sound Insulation Data. 1239-1253 - Esteban Alfaro Cortés

, José-Luis Alfaro-Navarro
, Matías Gámez, Noelia García Rubio
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A Comparison of Different Classification Techniques to Determine the Change Causes in Hotelling's T2 Control Chart. 1255-1263 - Stelios Psarakis:

Adaptive Control Charts: Recent Developments and Extensions. 1265-1280 - Luciana Dalla Valle

, Ron S. Kenett
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Official Statistics Data Integration for Enhanced Information Quality. 1281-1300
Volume 31, Number 8, December 2015
- Douglas Montgomery:

Show Me the Money... 1303
- Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova:
New Synthetic Control Charts for Monitoring Process Mean and Process Dispersion. 1305-1325
- Jun Yang, Tingting Gang, Yuan Cheng, Min Xie

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Process Capability Indices Based on the Highest Density Interval. 1327-1335 - Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova:
A New Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Dispersion. 1337-1357 - Lizanne Raubenheimer

, A. J. van der Merwe:
Bayesian Control Chart for Nonconformities. 1359-1366 - Alireza Shadman

, Hashem Mahlooji, Arthur B. Yeh, Changliang Zou:
A Change Point Method for Monitoring Generalized Linear Profiles in Phase I. 1367-1381 - Nien Fan Zhang, Adam L. Pintar:

Monitoring Process Variability for Stationary Process Data. 1383-1396 - David M. Steinberg, Dennis Lin:

Construction of Orthogonal Nearly Latin Hypercubes. 1397-1406 - Babar Zaman

, Muhammad Riaz
, Nasir Abbas
, Ronald J. M. M. Does
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Mixed Cumulative Sum-Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts: An Efficient Way of Monitoring Process Location. 1407-1421 - Christos Koukouvinos, Christina Parpoula:

A Penalized Wrapper Method for Screening Main Effects and Interactions in Supersaturated Designs. 1423-1435 - Peipei Deng, Thong Ngee Goh, Yuan Cheng, Min Xie

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Circle Chart for the Monitoring of Maxima in Periodic Processes. 1437-1447 - Sung Won Han, Hua Zhong:

A Comparison of MCUSUM-based and MEWMA-based Spatiotemporal Surveillance Under Non-homogeneous Populations. 1449-1472 - Muhammad Riaz

, Fouzia Touqeer:
On the Performance of Linear Profile Methodologies Under Runs Rules Schemes. 1473-1482 - Dae-Heung Jang, Christine M. Anderson-Cook:

Visualization Approaches for Evaluating Ridge Regression Estimators in Mixture and Mixture-Process Experiments. 1483-1494 - Xintian Liu

, Songlin Zheng, Jinzhi Feng, Tie Chen:
Reliability Reallocation for Fuel Cell Vehicles Based on Genetic Algorithm. 1495-1502 - Snehamoy Chatterjee, Ansuman Dash, Sukumar Bandopadhyay:

Ensemble Support Vector Machine Algorithm for Reliability Estimation of a Mining Machine. 1503-1516 - Subhashis Chatterjee, Arunava Roy:

Novel Algorithms for Web Software Fault Prediction. 1517-1535 - Hongbo Zhao

, Zhongliang Ru, Xu Chang
, Shaojun Li:
Reliability Analysis Using Chaotic Particle Swarm Optimization. 1537-1552 - Fu-Kwun Wang

, Yi-Chen Lu:
A New Model for Repairable Systems with Nonmonotone Intensity Function. 1553-1563 - Alireza Faraz

, Erwin Saniga, Cédric Heuchenne:
Shewhart Control Charts for Monitoring Reliability with Weibull Lifetimes. 1565-1574 - Fu-Kwun Wang

, Yeneneh Tamirat, Yuan-Sheng Tsai:
Process Selection for Linear Profiles with One-sided Specifications Based on the Ratio Test Statistic. 1575-1585 - Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova:
A New Maximum Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring Process Mean and Dispersion. 1587-1610 - Aya A. Aly, Nesma A. Saleh

, Mahmoud A. Mahmoud
, William H. Woodall:
A Reevaluation of the Adaptive Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart When Parameters are Estimated. 1611-1622 - Abdul Haq

, Jennifer Brown, Elena Moltchanova:
A New Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Chart for Monitoring the Process Mean. 1623-1640 - Roberto Campos Leoni

, Marcela Aparecida Guerreiro Machado, Antonio Fernando Branco Costa:
Simultaneous Univariate X_bar Charts to Control Bivariate Processes with Autocorrelated Data. 1641-1648 - Firoozeh Haghighi, Francis G. Pascual, Philippe Castagliola:

Conditional Control Charts for Weibull Quantiles Under Type II Censoring. 1649-1664 - Bianca Maria Colosimo

, Marcela Meneses, Quirico Semeraro
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On the Effectiveness of Profile Monitoring to Enhance Functional Performance of Particleboards. 1665-1674 - Yajuan Chen, Jeffrey B. Birch, William H. Woodall:

A Phase I Cluster-Based Method for Analyzing Nonparametric Profiles. 1675-1689 - Saddam Akber Abbasi

, Muhammad Riaz
, Arden Miller, Shabbir Ahmad, Hafiz Zafar Nazir:
EWMA Dispersion Control Charts for Normal and Non-normal Processes. 1691-1704 - Saddam Akber Abbasi

, Muhammad Riaz
, Arden Miller, Shabbir Ahmad:
On the Performance of Phase I Dispersion Control Charts for Process Monitoring. 1705-1716 - Christopher Eves, Xue Wang, Stephen G. Walker:

Bayesian Information for Sensors. 1717-1724 - Antonio Lepore

, Biagio Palumbo
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New Insights into the Decisional Use of Process Capability Indices via Hypothesis Testing. 1725-1741 - Ross Sparks:

Spatio-Temporal Surveillance Using CUSUM of Order Statistics. 1743-1760 - Michael S. Hamada, Jeff I. Abes:

Statistical Tests to Validate Predictive Models. 1761-1768 - Xuelong Hu

, Philippe Castagliola, Jinsheng Sun, Michael B. C. Khoo
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The Effect of Measurement Errors on the Synthetic x̄ Chart. 1769-1778 - Erik Vanhatalo

, Murat Kulahci
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The Effect of Autocorrelation on the Hotelling T2 Control Chart. 1779-1796 - Jyun-You Chiang, Yuhlong Lio, Tzong-Ru Tsai

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Degradation Tests Using Geometric Brownian Motion Process for Lumen Degradation Data. 1797-1806 - Jinho Cha

, Byung Rae Cho:
Classical Statistical Inference Extended to Truncated Populations for Continuous Process Improvement: Test Statistics, P-values, and Confidence Intervals. 1807-1824

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