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Tool to assess control of a manufacturing process
Control charts are graphical plots used in statistical process control (SPC) to determine whether a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control. They form the basis of modern statistical process control, and are one of the seven basic tools of quality control. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Control chartA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Design of a new adaptive EWMA control chartInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Cumulative sum charts and charting for quality improvementThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Regression Control ChartCited 165 times
- Go sideways: Statistical process controlA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Walter A. ShewhartA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A tool used to determine whether a manufacturing or business process is in a state of statistical control or not.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Regression Control Chart
Feature-based control chart pattern recognition
Multivariate Bayesian Control Chart
A Dispersion Control Chart
Multivariate binomial/multinomial control chart
A process variability control chart
Tukeyʼs Control Chart
Poisson DEWMA Control Chart
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Cumulative sum charts and charting for quality improvementDouglas M. Hawkins · 1998- 📕The Basics of process mappingRobert Damelio · 2010
- 📕Advanced topics in statistical process controlDonald J. Wheeler · 1995
Innovative control chartingStephen A. Wise, Douglas C. Fair · 1997
IEC 61499 function blocks for embedded and distributed control systems designValeriy Vyatkin · 2007- 📕Thesaurus en automatisme et régulationEmile Peeters · 1972
Nurse's guide to infection control practiceE. Jacquelyn Kirkis · 1988
Planning for a familyJohn Marshall · 1965
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