An Improvement of the Hotelling T2 Statistic in Monitoring Multivariate Quality Characteristics

The Hotelling T2 statistic is the most popular statistic used in multivariate control charts to monitor multiple qualities. However, this statistic is easily affected by the existence of more than one outlier in the data set. To rectify this problem, robust control charts, which are based on the min...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ashkan Shabbak, Habshah Midi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/531864