Statistical Process Control for Real-World Applications (Hardcover)

Traditional Control ChartsVariation and AccuracyStatistical Hypothesis TestingControl Chart ConceptsSetup and Deployment of Control ChartsInterpretation of x?bar/R and x?bar/s ChartsX (Individual Measurement) ChartsAverage Run Length (ARL)z Chart for Sample Standard Normal DeviatesAcceptance Control ChartWestern Electric Zone TestsProcess Capability and Process PerformanceGoodness-of-Fit TestsMultiple Attribute Control ChartsExercisesSolutionsEndnotesNonnormal DistributionsTransformationsGeneral Procedure for Nonnormal DistributionsThe Gamma DistributionThe Weibull DistributionThe Lognormal DistributionMeasurements with Detection Limits (Censored Data)ExercisesSolutionsEndnotesRange Charts for Nonnormal DistributionsTraditional Range ChartsRange Charts with Exact Control LimitsRange Charts for Nonnormal DistributionsExercisesSolutionsEndnoteNested Normal DistributionsVariance Components: Two Levels of NestingExerciseSolutionProcess Performance IndicesProcess Performance Index for Nonnormal DistributionsConfidence Limits for Normal Process Performance IndicesConfidence Limits for Nonnormal Process Performance IndicesExerciseSolutionEndnotesThe Effect of Gage CapabilityGage Accuracy and VariationGage Capability and Statistical Process ControlGage Capability and Process CapabilityGage Capability and Outgoing QualityExercisesSolutionsMultivariate SystemsMultivariate Normal DistributionMultivariate Control ChartDeployment to a Spreadsheet: Principal Component MethodMultivariate Process Performance IndexControl Charts for the Covariance MatrixEndnotesGlossaryAppendix A: Control Chart FactorsAppendix B: Simulation and ModelingAppendix C: Numerical MethodsReferences