A Nonparametric GWMA Control Chart under Ranked Set Sampling for Monitoring Process Location Parameter

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Allameh Tabataba'i University

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Abstract
Control charts are widely used to identify changes in the production process, and when it comes to identifying small changes in the process, non-Shewhart control charts such as exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) and generalized weighted moving average (GWMA) are better alternatives to control charts than Shewhart ¯X control chart. In this context, nonparametric control charts are used when the distribution of quality characteristic of the process is unknown, in which the Sign control chart is one of the most popular nonparametric control charts. In this paper, for the first time, a generalized weighted moving average sign control chart using a ranked set sampling (RSS) design is introduced. The performance of the proposed control chart is evaluated using simulated data according to the average run length evaluation criterion, and simulation studies showed that the GWMA sign control chart under the RSS design is better at detecting small process changes than the EWMA sign control chart under the RSS design.

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