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。     

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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.     

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.     

可变抽样区间和样本容量的非正态EWMA控制图经济设计

为了降低过程控制成本和提高监控效率,针对质量特性值不服从正态分布的情况,研究可变抽样区间和样本容量(VSSI)的指数加权移动平均(EWMA)控制图的经济设计问题。首先对监控非正态分布的EWMA控制图进行抽样区间和样本容量变化设计;其次建立VSSI非正态EWMA控制图的经济模型,通过使费用成本函数最小得到控制图的最优设计参数组合;然后给出工业中的一个例子,用遗传算法对经济模型搜寻最优解;接下来对经济模型进行灵敏度分析,得出控制图费用参数与设计参数之间的影响关系;最后通过最优性分析,得出所建立的VSSI非正态EWMA控制图的经济性优于VSI、VSS非正态EWMA控制图。     

Economic design of an attribute control chart for monitoring mean life based on multiple deferred state sampling

In this paper, we design an attribute np control chart using multiple deferred state (MDS) sampling under Weibull distribution based on time truncated life test. This chart is constructed for monitoring the variation of mean life of the product in a manufacturing process. The optimal parameters of MDS sampling and the control limit coefficients are determined so that the in‐control average run length (ARL) is as close as to the target ARL. The optimal parameters of MDS sampling are sample size and number of successive subgroups required for declaring the current state of process. Out‐of‐control ARL is considered as a measure of the performance of proposed chart and reported with determined optimal parameters for various shift constants. The out‐of‐control ARL of the proposed chart obtained under various distributions is compared with each other. The performance of proposed control chart is compared with the performance of the existing control chart designed under single sampling. In addition, the economic design of proposed chart using variable sampling interval scheme is discussed, and sensitivity analysis on expected costs is also investigated.     

Distribution‐free precedence control charts with improved runs‐rules

Distribution‐free (nonparametric) control charts are helpful in applications where we do not have enough information about the underlying distribution. The Shewhart precedence charts is a class of Phase I nonparametric charts for location. One of these charts, called the median precedence chart (Med chart hereafter), uses the median of the test sample as the charting statistic, whereas another chart, called the minimum precedence chart (Min chart hereafter), uses the minimum. In this paper, we first study the comparative performance of the Min and the Med charts, respectively, in terms of their in‐control and out‐of‐control run‐length properties in an extensive simulation study. It is seen that neither chart is best as each has its strength in certain situations. Next, we consider enhancing their performance by adding some supplementary runs‐rules. It is seen that the new charts present very attractive run‐length properties, that is, they outperform their competitors in many situations. A summary and some concluding remarks are given. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hotelling’s T charts with variable sample size and control limit

The ideas of variable sampling interval (VSI), variable sample size (VSS), variable sample size and sampling interval (VSSI), and variable parameters (VP) in the univariate case have been successfully applied to the multivariate case to improve the efficiency of Hotelling’s T² chart with fixed sampling rate (FSR) in detecting small process shifts. However, the main disadvantage in using most of these control schemes is an increasing in the complexity due to the adaptive changes in sampling intervals. In this paper, retaining the lengths of sampling intervals constant, a variable sample size and control limit (VSSC) T² chart is proposed and described. The statistical efficiency of the VSSC T² chart in terms of the average time to signal a shift in process mean vector is compared with that of the VP, VSSI, VSS, VSI, and FSR T² charts. From the results of comparison, it shows that the VSSC T² chart for a (very) small shift in the process mean vector gives a better performance than the VSSI, VSS, VSI, and FSR T² charts; meanwhile, it presents a similar performance to the VP T² chart. Furthermore, from the viewpoint of practicability, it is more convenient for administrating the control chart than the VSI, VSSI, and VP T² chart. Thus, it may provide a good option for quick response to small shifts in a multivariate process.     

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。     

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。     

Joint economic design of EWMA control charts for mean and variance

Control charts with exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) statistics (mean and variance) are used to jointly monitor the mean and variance of a process. An EWMA cost minimization model is presented to design the joint control scheme based on pure economic or both economic and statistical performance criteria. The pure economic model is extended to the economic-statistical design by adding constraints associated with in-control and out-of-control average run lengths. The quality related production costs are calculated using Taguchi’s quadratic loss function. The optimal values of smoothing constants, sampling interval, sample size, and control chart limits are determined by using a numerical search method. The average run length of the control scheme is computed by using the Markov chain approach. Computational study indicates that optimal sample sizes decrease as the magnitudes of shifts in mean and/or variance increase, and higher values of quality loss coefficient lead to shorter sampling intervals. The sensitivity analysis results regarding the effects of various inputs on the chart parameters provide useful guidelines for designing an EWMA-based process control scheme when there exists an assignable cause generating concurrent changes in process mean and variance.     

Adaptive sampling enhancement for Hotelling’s T charts

This paper makes a study of an adaptive sampling scheme useful to increase the power of the fixed sampling rate (FSR) T² control chart. In our study, the three parameters of T² control chart: the sample size, the sampling interval, and the upper percentage factor that is used for determining the action limit, vary between two values for a relaxed or tightened control, depending on the most recent T² value. The average time to signal (ATS) and adjusted average time to signal (AATS) a shift in the process mean vector for the new chart are derived and regarded as an objective function respectively to optimize its design parameters. With some minor changes, the new chart can be reduced to the variable sampling interval (VSI) T² chart, the sample size (VSS) T² chart, the variable sample size and sampling interval (VSSI) T² chart, or the FSR T² chart. Numerical comparisons among them are made and discussed. Furthermore, the effects of the initial sample number (use for estimating the in-control process parameters) upon the chart’s performance and adaptive design parameters are presented.     

Multivariate Bayesian process control for a finite production run

Most industrial products and processes are characterized by several, typically correlated measurable variables, which jointly describe the product or process quality. Various control charts such as Hotelling’s T², EWMA and CUSUM charts have been developed for multivariate quality control, where the values of the chart parameters, namely the sample size, sampling interval and the control limits are determined to satisfy given economic and/or statistical requirements. It is well known that this traditional non-Bayesian approach to a control chart design is not optimal, but very few results regarding the form of the optimal Bayesian control policy have appeared in the literature, all limited to a univariate chart design. In this paper, we consider a multivariate Bayesian process mean control problem for a finite production run under the assumption that the observations are values of independent, normally distributed vectors of random variables. The problem is formulated in the POMDP (partially observable Markov decision process) framework and the objective is to determine a control policy minimizing the total expected cost. It is proved that under standard operating and cost assumptions the control limit policy is optimal. Cost comparisons with the benchmark chi-squared chart and the MEWMA chart show that the Bayesian chart is highly cost effective, the savings are larger for smaller values of the critical Mahalanobis distance between the in-control and out-of-control process mean.     

Asymptotic properties of Lasso in high-dimensional partially linear models

We study the properties of the Lasso in the high-dimensional partially linear model where the number of variables in the linear part can be greater than the sample size. We use truncated series expansion based on polynomial splines to approximate the nonparametric component in this model. Under a sparsity assumption on the regression coefficients of the linear component and some regularity conditions, we derive the oracle inequalities for the prediction risk and the estimation error. We also provide sufficient conditions under which the Lasso estimator is selection consistent for the variables in the linear part of the model. In addition, we derive the rate of convergence of the estimator of the nonparametric function. We conduct simulation studies to evaluate the finite sample performance of variable selection and nonparametric function estimation.     

兼顾效率和成本的ARMA控制图多目标优化设计

ARMA控制图是一种有效的自相关过程质量监控方法,为了能够同时对ARMA控制图监控方案的效率和成本进行优化,本文分别研究了ARMA控制图的平均运行长度和质量成本的计算方法,并由此建立了ARMA控制图的多目标优化设计模型。采用NSGA-Ш智能优化算法,通过一个具体的算例对该模型的计算方法进行了说明,针对不同程度的过程偏移给出了多目标优化设计的非劣解解集。然后通过灵敏度分析的方法研究了模型中的主要设计参数对监控方案的效率和成本的影响程度。最后,通过与其它几种ARMA控制图优化设计方案的比较分析,说明了本文提出的设计方法的优势。     

单边合格品链长中位数控制图设计

针对过程数据存在异常值的问题,为了监控过程均值的偏移,采用中位数统计量(X)代替传统均值(X)统计量,提出了一种单边合格品链长X(Sided Sensitive Conforming Run Length X, SCRL & X)控制图。采用马尔科夫链方法研究了SCRL & X控制图的性能,首先推导出其一步状态转移矩阵,进一步根据马尔科夫链的性质得到其平均链长(Average Run Length, ARL)。为了获得控制图的最优设计参数和性能指标值,保证其处于过程受控状态下的性能,并使其处于过程失控状态下的平均链长最小。研究结果表明,提出的SCRL & X控制图的统计性能优于传统的双边合格品链长X(Conforming Run Length, CRL & X)控制图,尤其针对过程均值产生较小偏移的情形,其优势较为明显。     

Economic design of attribute np control charts using a variable sampling policy

To use a control chart, the quality engineer should specify three decision variables, namely the sample size, the sampling interval and the critical region of the chart. A significant part of recent research relaxed the constraint of using fixed design parameters to open the way to a new type of control charts called adaptive ones where at least one of the decision variables may change in real time based on the last data information. These adaptive schemes have proven their effectiveness from economical and statistical point of views. In this paper, the economic design of an attribute np control chart using a variable sampling interval (VSI) is treated. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to search for optimal design parameters minimizing the expected total cost per hour and to reveal the impact of the process and cost parameters on the behavior of optimal solutions. An economic comparison between the classical np chart, variable sample size (VSS) np control chart and VSI chart is conducted. It is found that switching from the classical attribute chart to the VSI sampling strategy results in notable cost savings and in reduction of the average time to signal and the average number of false alarms. In most cases of the sensitivity analysis, the VSI np chart outperforms the VSS np chart based on economical and statistical considerations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

合成控制图

本文提出了一种新的组合控制图 ,介绍了它的用法 ,导出了控制限常数 ,并将它和传统的 X图与 X-EWMA 图作了比较。模拟研究表明 ,新图更有效     

基于Cornish-Fisher展开的稳健综合控制图设计

本文根据Cornish-Fisher展开, 对Shewhart $\ol X$控制图的上下控制限进行修正并拓展为前四阶矩有关的表达式,使之可以运用到任何分布类型上, 然后构造出基于这种展开的综合控制图,最后通过计算机模拟计算给出了一些具体的包含对称、厚尾、轻尾和偏斜等分布类型下受控和失控的平均运行长度结果,并且与传统的综合控制图(见\cite{1})结果做比较,从而得到新控制图更为稳健的结论.     

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。     

Predictive control of nonlinear dynamic processes

Predictive control can be applied if the reference value of the process is known in advance and the deterministic disturbances can be predicted. A cost function defined in the future horizon is minimized. The control signal is calculated for a control horizon, but only the first one is applied and the procedure is repeated (receding horizon strategy). Processes with mild analytical nonlinear characteristics are considered. The possible process models are either nonparametric (linear, Hammerstein, and Volterra weighting function series) or parametric ones (generalized Hammerstein, parametric Volterra, and bilinear models). The algorithms of the optimal and suboptimal predictive control based on the nonparametric and the parametric models mentioned are derived. Several simulations present how effective these methods are. The adaptive case is dealt with as well.