联合检测过程位置参数和尺度参数的非参数Cusum控制图

用于检测生产过程的多数传统控制图都假定过程的受控分布是已知的,并假定数据服从正态分布。然而在很多情况下,由于没有足够的数据来估计过程的分布,这种假定就变得不现实,而非参数控制图却不需要任何关于分布的特殊形式的假定。另外,多数的已有控制图都是使用两个单独的均值与方差控制图来同时检测生产过程.本文中,我们提出一个新的基于Cramer-von-Mises(CvM)检验的非参数累积和控制图(称为CvM图)来同时检测过程位置参数和尺度参数。文中给出了基于不同受控平均运行长度(ARL)下的CvM图的控制限,通过步长的均值、方差及分位数来研究控制图的性能表现。最后用一个实例来说明CvM图的实际应用。     

A new distribution-free adaptive sample size control chart for a finite production horizon and its application in monitoring fill volume of soft drink beverage bottles

Nonparametric control charts have received increasing attention in process monitoring. In this article, a new nonparametric sign (SN) control chart with variable sample size (VSS) for a finite horizon process is developed. The novelty of this research lies in the incorporation of the VSS technique into the nonparametric SN chart for a finite horizon process, hence, resulting in the development of a more sensitive nonparametric short run chart. The statistical performance of the new nonparametric VSS SN control chart is evaluated and compared with the existing fixed sample size (FSS) SN chart for a finite horizon process. The charts' performances are compared using the truncated average run length (TARL) and truncated standard deviation of the run length (TSDRL) criteria. The results obtained show that the nonparametric VSS SN short run chart is always quicker than the FSS SN short run chart in detecting process shifts for various underlying process distributions, hence, reducing scrap and rework cost. Finally, an application of the proposed control charting scheme is shown through a real-life example on the fill volume of soft drink beverage bottles.     

Control charts with random interarrival times between successive samplings

In the classical setup used in process monitoring, the times between the collection of successive plotted samples are considered as nonrandom. However, in several real‐life applications, it seems plausible to assume that the time needed to collect the necessary information for plotting a point in the control chart has a stochastic nature. Under this scenario, instead of focusing on the number of points plotted on the chart until an out‐of‐control signal is initiated, the appropriate statistic to look at is the total time until a signal is generated. If we denote by L the run length of a control chart and by Y_t,t = 1,2,…, the times between successive plotted points, then the compound random variable expresses the time to signal of a monitoring scheme, under a particular sampling policy. In this paper, we illustrate how S_L can be exploited to study various charts that are suitable for monitoring Poisson observations. We provide some results for the exact distribution of S_L that may facilitate the task of the performance assessment of a control chart with random plotting times; illustrations and several numerical comparisons that are useful for quality control experts who wish to practice them are presented, and finally, an illustrative example elucidating the implementation of the proposed model is also provided.     

非参数质量控制图——中位值图

质量控制图在制造工业中有广泛的应用 .传统的控制图是在正态总体的基础上制定的 . Janacek和Meikle(1 997)利用参考样本的观念制定的中位值控制图可应用于任何总体分布 .他们制定的中位值图保持传统控制图的形式 ,且有适度的功效 ,应用方便 .本文首先介绍这种控制图的制定方法 ,然后研究它的统计效率 ,并同传统的平均值图作比较     

联合监测过程位置参数和尺度参数的非参数Shewhart控制图

用于检测生产服务过程的传统控制图多数都假定过程的分布是已知的。这些控制困经常是在正态分布的假设下构建的,然而在服务质量实时监控中数据往往是非正态的。在这种情况下,基于正态分布假设的控制图的结果是不可靠的。为了解决这个问题,通常考虑非参数方法,因为在过程分布未知情况下,非参数控制图比参数图更加稳健有效。本文提出一个新的基于Van der Waerden和Klotz检验的Lepage型非参数Shewhart控制图(称为LPN图)用于同时检测未知连续过程分布的位置参数和尺度参数。文中给出了LPN图在不同参数下的控制限。依据运行长度分布的均值,方差和分位数,分析了LPN图在过程受控和失控时的性能,并与其他一些现有的非参数控制图进行比较。基于蒙特卡洛的模拟结果表明,LPN图对非正态分布具有很好的稳健性,并且在不同的过程分布下对检测位置参数和尺度参数,尤其对检测尺度参数的漂移都具有很好的性能。最后通过监控出租车服务质量说明LPN图在实际中的应用。     

一个监控方差的与分布无关的变点模型

文献中绝大部分与分布无关的控制图用于监控过程位置参数,如均值或中位数,而非过程方差.该文开发了一个新的与分布无关的控制图,通过整合一个两样本非参数检验和有效的变点模型.所提出的控制图容易计算,方便应用,并且对于探测过程方差的漂移非常有效.因为它避免了在监控之前的一个很长时间的收集数据的阶段,并且它不需要潜在的过程分布的知识,因此,所提出的控制图在开始阶段或者短程运行情况下特别有用.     

自相关过程的残差控制图

由于自相关过程违背了过程输出数据独立性的假定,使得传统休哈特图的有效性受到质疑。本文首先讨论控制图设计基本思想,然后分析了对自相关过程监控的残差控制图原理;进而以平均链长和各链点检出概率为准则,系统研究了AR(1)过程残差控制图的检测能力,并与休图进行了比较。最后,通过一个模拟验证了该方法的有效性。     

具有可变样本容量的非正态EWMA控制图

为了提高控制图的监控效率,本文研究非正态分布下,EWMA控制图的可变样本容量设计问题。首先利用Burr分布近似各种非正态分布,构造可变样本容量的非正态EWMA控制图;其次运用马尓科夫链法计算可变样本容量非正态EWMA控制图的平均运行长度;然后与传统的非正态EWMA控制图进行比较得出:当过程中出现小波动时,可变样本容量的非正态EWMA控制图能够更快地发现过程中的异常波动,具有较小的平均运行长度,其监控效率明显优于传统的非正态EWMA控制图。     

A Distribution-Free Phase II EWMA Control Chart for Joint Monitoring of Location and Scale

A single distribution-free (nonparametric) Phase II exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart based on the Cucconi statistic, referred to as the EWMA-Cucconi (EC) chart, is considered here for simultaneously monitoring shifts in the unknown location and scale parameters of a univariate continuous process. A comparison with some other existing nonparametric EWMA charts is presented in terms of the average, the standard deviation and some percentiles of the run length distribution. Numerical results based on Monte Carlo analysis show that the EC chart provides quite a satisfactory performance. The effect of the Phase I (reference) sample size on the IC performance of the EC chart is studied in detail. The application of the EC chart is illustrated by two real data examples.     

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??A single distribution-free (nonparametric) Phase II exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart based on the Cucconi statistic, referred to as the EWMA-Cucconi (EC) chart, is considered here for simultaneously monitoring shifts in the unknown location and scale parameters of a univariate continuous process. A comparison with some other existing nonparametric EWMA charts is presented in terms of the average, the standard deviation and some percentiles of the run length distribution. Numerical results based on Monte Carlo analysis show that the EC chart provides quite a satisfactory performance. The effect of the Phase I (reference) sample size on the IC performance of the EC chart is studied in detail. The application of the EC chart is illustrated by two real data examples.     

基于多点报警的多元统计过程控制

本文主要研究了一种将控制图的报警准则由一点改为多点时多元控制图的构造,对于不同的多点报警准则的控制图可以通过计算平均运行长度的方法得出了不同的控制限参数。然后本文对各种报警准则下的多元控制图与Hotelling T2控制图,MCUSUM(多元累计和控制图)和MEWMA(多元指数加权移动平均控制图)进行了比较,说明这种改变报警规则的多元控制图在监测过程中出现的微小波动时具有一定的优势。     

Comparison of control charts for Poisson count data in health‐care monitoring

Statistical surveillance is a noteworthy endeavor in many health‐care areas such as epidemiology, hospital quality, infection control, and patient safety. For monitoring hospital adverse events, the Shewhart u‐control chart is the most used methodology. One possible issue of the u‐chart is that in health‐care applications the lower control limit (LCL) is often conventionally set to zero as the adverse events are rare and the sample sizes are not sufficiently large to obtain LCL greater than zero. Consequently, the control chart loses any ability to signal improvements. Furthermore, as the area of opportunity (sample size) is not constant over time, the in‐control and out‐of‐control run length performances of the monitoring scheme are unknown. In this article, on the basis of a real case and through an intensive simulation study, we first investigate the in‐control statistical properties of the u‐chart. Then we set up several alternative monitoring schemes with the same in‐control performances and their out‐of‐control properties are studied and compared. The aim is to identify the most suitable control chart considering jointly: the ability to detect unexpected changes (usually worsening), the ability to test the impact of interventions (usually improvements), and the ease of use and clarity of interpretation. The results indicate that the exponentially weighted moving average control chart derived under the framework of weighted likelihood ratio test has the best overall performance.     

Multivariate nonparametric control chart with variable sampling interval

This paper proposes an adaptive, multivariate, nonparametric, exponentially weighted moving average control chart with variable sampling interval. A number of studies have discussed multivariate nonparametric control charts. However, the proposed multivariate nonparametric control charts usually have strict requirements. In this paper, we construct a control chart for multivariate processes that is based on the Mahalanobis depth. Specifically, we use the concept of the Mahalanobis depth to reduce each multivariate measurement to a univariate index. It is worth mentioning that this approach is completely nonparametric. We also discuss the optimal strategy for the parameters. This chart is an adaptive chart and has a variable sampling interval. A simulation study demonstrates that the proposed chart is efficient in detecting various magnitudes of shifts. A gravel data and a wine quality detection example are given to introduce the proposed control chart.     

Control charts based on randomized quantile residuals

In practice, quality characteristics do not always follow a normal distribution, and quality control processes sometimes generate non‐normal response outcomes, including continuous non‐normal data and discrete count data. Thus, achieving better results in such situations requires a new control chart derived from various types of response variables. This study proposes a procedure for monitoring response variables that uses control charts based on randomized quantile residuals obtained from a fitted regression model. Simulation studies demonstrate the performance of the proposed control charts under various situations. We illustrate the procedure using two real‐data examples, based on normal and negative binomial regression models, respectively. The simulation and real‐data results support our proposed procedure.     

Statistical Process Control using Shewhart Control Charts with Supplementary Runs Rules

The aim of this paper is to present the basic principles and recent advances in the area of statistical process control charting with the aid of runs rules. More specifically, we review the well known Shewhart type control charts supplemented with additional rules based on the theory of runs and scans. The motivation for this article stems from the fact that during the last decades, the performance improvement of the Shewhart charts by exploiting runs rules has attracted continuous research interest. Furthermore, we briefly discuss the Markov chain approach which is the most popular technique for studying the run length distribution of run based control charts.      

An evaluation of the multivariate dispersion charts with estimated parameters under non‐normality

Various charts such as |S|, W, and G are used for monitoring process dispersion. Most of these charts are based on the normality assumption, while exact distribution of the control statistic is unknown, and thus limiting distribution of control statistic is employed which is applicable for large sample sizes. In practice, the normality assumption of distribution might be violated, while it is not always possible to collect large sample size. Furthermore, to use control charts in practice, the in‐control state usually has to be estimated. Such estimation has a negative effect on the performance of control chart. Non‐parametric bootstrap control charts can be considered as an alternative when the distribution is unknown or a collection of large sample size is not possible or the process parameters are estimated from a Phase I data set. In this paper, non‐parametric bootstrap multivariate control charts |S|, W, and G are introduced, and their performances are compared against Shewhart‐type control charts. The proposed method is based on bootstrapping the data used for estimating the in‐control state. Simulation results show satisfactory performance for the bootstrap control charts. Ultimately, the proposed control charts are applied to a real case study.     

A new control chart in contaminated data of t‐Student distribution for individual observations

Control charts are the most popular tool for monitoring production quality. In traditional control charts, it is usually supposed that the observations follow a multivariate normal distribution. Nevertheless, there are many practical applications where the normality assumption is not fulfilled. Furthermore, the performance of these charts in the presence of measurement errors (outliers) in the historical data has been improved using robust control charts when the observations follow a normal distribution. In this paper, we develop a new control chart for t‐Student data based on the trimmed T² control chart () through the adaptation of the elements of this chart to the case of this distribution. Simulation studies show that a control chart performs better than T² in t‐Student samples for individual observations. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

合格品链长控制图

在生产过程中不合格品率(p)很低的情况下,利用两个连续不合格品之间的合格品数(合格品链长)控制图来监督过程不合格品率能克服传统的p图所遇到的困难,为生产者提供产品质量改良的信息。本文研究两种合格品链长(CRL)控制图的制定方法,对这些控制图的效率进行了比较,并说明其实际应用。所研究的CRL控制图特别适用于自动化生产过程的100%检验的质量控制。     

带警戒限的合格品链长控制图

研究了两种带警戒限的合格品链长控制图,一种是一个链长控制图,另一种是两个链长控制图.首先,给出了这两种控制图的制定方法;其次,利用概率流图方法得到了这两种控制图的平均链长(ARL)的计算公式;最后,推导了它们效率的度量指标ANI(发信号之前的平均检验的样品数)的计算公式.     

EWMA control charts for autoregressive processes

Many processes must be monitored by using observations that are correlated. An approach called algorithmic statistical process control can be employed in such situations. This involves fitting an autoregressive/moving average time series model to the data. Forecasts obtained from the model are used for active control, while the forecast errors are monitored by using a control chart. In this paper we consider using an exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart for monitoring the residuals from an autoregressive model. We present a computational method for finding the out-of-control average run length (ARL) for such a control chart when the process mean shifts. As an application, we suggest a procedure and provide an example for finding the control limits of an EWMA chart for monitoring residuals from an autoregressive model that will provide an acceptable out-of-control ARL. A computer program for the needed calculations is provided via the World Wide Web.