STATISTICAL PROPERTIES AND SENSITIVITY OF A NEW ADAPTIVE SAMPLING METHOD FOR QUALITY CONTROL

We present a new adaptive sampling method for statistical quality control. In this method, called LSI (Laplace sampling intervals), we use the probability distribution function of the Laplace standard distribution to obtain the sampling instants, depending on a k parameter that allows control of sampling costs. Several algebraic expressions concerning the statistical properties of the LSI method are presented. We compare the LSI method with fixed sampling intervals (FSI) and variable sampling intervals (VSI) methods using a Shewhart X-bar control chart and evaluate the sensitivity of these sampling methods when the lower sampling interval is truncated. The results obtained show that the new method is a viable alternative in various critical contexts and situations

Method of lines and runge-kutta method in solving partial differential equation for heat equation

Solving the differential equation for Newton’s cooling law mostly consists of several fragments formed during a long time to solve the equation. However, the stiff type problems seem cannot be solved efficiently via some of these methods. This research will try to overcome such problems and compare results from two classes of numerical methods for heat equation problems. The heat or diffusion equation, an example of parabolic equations, is classified into Partial Differential Equations. Two classes of numerical methods which are Method of Lines and Runge-Kutta will be performed and discussed. The development, analysis and implementation have been made using the Matlab language, which the graphs exhibited to highlight the accuracy and efficiency of the numerical methods. From the solution of the equations, it showed that better accuracy is achieved through the new combined method by Method of Lines and Runge-Kutta method

Economic design of X-bar control chart using simulated annealing

Control charts are widely used in industry for monitoring and controlling manufacturing processes. They should be designed economically in order to achieve minimum quality control costs. The major function of control chart is to detect the occurrence of assignable causes so that the necessary corrective action can be taken before a large quantity of nonconforming product is manufactured. The X-bar control chart dominates the use of any other control chart technique if quality is measured on a continuous scale. In the present project, the economic design of the X-bar control chart using Simulated Annealing has been developed to determine the values of the sample size, sampling interval, width of control limits such that the expected total cost per hour is minimized. Simulated annealing is a solution method in the field of combinatorial optimization based on an analogy with the physical process of annealing. Solving a combinatorial optimization problem amounts to finding the best or optimal solution among a finite or countable infinite number of alternative solutions. A program has been developed using Matlab software to optimize the cost. The result was compared with the literature and found to be superior to the initial cost obtained

Robust Control Charts for Time Series Data

This article presents a control chart for time series data, based on the one-step- ahead forecast errors of the Holt-Winters forecasting method. We use robust techniques to prevent that outliers affect the estimation of the control limits of the chart. Moreover, robustness is important to maintain the reliability of the control chart after the occurrence of alarm observations. The properties of the new control chart are examined in a simulation study and on a real data example.Control chart;Holt-Winters;Non-stationary time series;Out- lier detection;Robustness;Statistical process control

Research on computer aided testing of pilot response to critical in-flight events

Experiments on pilot decision making are described. The development of models of pilot decision making in critical in flight events (CIFE) are emphasized. The following tests are reported on the development of: (1) a frame system representation describing how pilots use their knowledge in a fault diagnosis task; (2) assessment of script norms, distance measures, and Markov models developed from computer aided testing (CAT) data; and (3) performance ranking of subject data. It is demonstrated that interactive computer aided testing either by touch CRT's or personal computers is a useful research and training device for measuring pilot information management in diagnosing system failures in simulated flight situations. Performance is dictated by knowledge of aircraft sybsystems, initial pilot structuring of the failure symptoms and efficient testing of plausible causal hypotheses

Proposed Control Charts For Monitoring Cumulative Counts Of Conforming Items And Ratio Of Two Variables

This research provides a derivation of the analytical formulae to compute the average time to signal (ATS) value of the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) cumulative count of conforming (CCC) chart using the Markov chain technique. In the current literature, this chart is evaluated using simulation. Additionally, the variable sampling interval (VSI) EWMA CCC chart is also proposed to increase the sensitivity of the basic EWMA CCC chart in detecting process shifts. The optimal designs of the VSI EWMA CCC chart are obtained based on the Markov chain procedure by minimizing the expected delay time in detecting a process shift. The optimal parameters that minimize the average time to signal (ATS) criterion are provided and can be directly used in practice. Four charts, i.e. the basic CCC, VSI CCC, EWMA CCC and VSI EWMA CCC charts are considered in the numerical comparison using the ATS criterion. The VSI EWMA CCC chart has an impressive performance in comparison to the basic CCC, VSI CCC and EWMA CCC charts. An illustrative example via real data from an injection moulding process producing an array of micro-prism of an optical element is given to demonstrate the implementation of the VSI EWMA CCC chart in practice. In addition, this research proposes a two-sided run sum ratio chart to monitor the ratio of two normal variables. A Markov chain procedure is applied to evaluate the statistical performance of the chart based on the average run length (ARL) and expected average run length (EARL) criteria. Numerical comparisons with the Shewhart ratio and synthetic ratio charts based on the zero state analysis reveal that the run sum ratio chart has a better sensitivity in most cases

Robust Control Charts for Time Series Data

This article presents a control chart for time series data, based on the one-step- ahead forecast errors of the Holt-Winters forecasting method. We use robust techniques to prevent that outliers affect the estimation of the control limits of the chart. Moreover, robustness is important to maintain the reliability of the control chart after the occurrence of alarm observations. The properties of the new control chart are examined in a simulation study and on a real data example.

Use of computer-aided testing in the investigation of pilot response to critical in-flight events, volume 1

Development of computer aided formats, results of computer aided testing, learning in computer aided testing of critical in-flight event (CIFE) diagnosis and computer aided prompting are considered