A combined control scheme for monitoring the frequency and size of an attribute event
Yafen Liu,
Zhen He,
M. Shamsuzzaman and
Zhang Wu
Journal of Applied Statistics, 2010, vol. 37, issue 12, 1991-2013
Abstract:
A traffic accident can be considered as an example of the attribute events, and the number of the injured in each accident is called the event size. Some control charts have been developed for monitoring either the time interval (T) between the occurrences of an event or the event size (C) in each occurrence. This article studies the statistical monitoring of the attribute events in which T and C are monitored simultaneously and C is an integer. Essentially, it integrates a T chart and a C chart, and is therefore referred to as a T&C scheme. Our studies show that the new chart is more effective than an individual T chart or C chart for detecting the out-of-control status of the event, in particular for detecting downward shifts (sparse occurrence and/or small size). Another desirable feature of the T&C scheme is that its detection effectiveness is more invariable against different types of shifts (i.e. T shift, C shift and joint shift in T&C) compared with an individual T or C chart. The improvement in performance is achieved due to the simultaneous monitoring of T and C. The T&C scheme can be applied in manufacturing systems and especially in non-manufacturing sectors (e.g. supply chain management, health care industry, disaster management and security control).
Keywords: quality control; statistical process control; control chart; time between events; attribute event (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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