Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
387475 Expert Systems with Applications 2009 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

The article considers the variable process control scheme for two dependent process steps with incorrect adjustment. Incorrect adjustment of a process may result in shifts in process mean, ultimately affecting the quality of products. We construct variable sampling interval (VSI) EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts to effectively monitor the quality variable produced by the first process step with incorrect adjustment and the quality variable produced by the second process step with incorrect adjustment. The performance of the proposed VSI control charts is measured by the adjusted average time to signal (AATS) derived using a Markov chain approach. An example of the automobile braking system with incorrect adjustment shows the application and performance of the proposed VSI EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts in detecting shifts in process mean. Furthermore, the performance of the proposed VSI EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts and the fixed sampling interval (FSI) EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts are compared by numerical analysis results. These demonstrate that the former is much faster in detecting small and median shifts in mean. The optimum VSI EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts are also proposed using optimization technique to minimize AATS when quality engineers cannot specify the values of variable sampling intervals. It has been found that the optimum VSI EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts always work better than the VSI EWMAZXEWMAZX and EWMAZeEWMAZe control charts.

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