Author: Mahmoud, Mahmoud

Source: Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation, Volume 37, Number 10, November 2008 , pp. 2106-2130(25)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

Abstract:

This article considers the Phase I analysis of data when the quality of a process or product is characterized by a multiple linear regression model. This is usually referred to as the analysis of linear profiles in the statistical quality control literature. The literature includes several approaches for the analysis of simple linear regression profiles. Little work, however, has been done in the analysis of multiple linear regression profiles. This article proposes a new approach for the analysis of Phase I multiple linear regression profiles. Using this approach, regardless of the number of explanatory variables used to describe it, the profile response is monitored using only three parameters, an intercept, a slope, and a variance. Using simulation, the performance of the proposed method is compared to that of the existing methods for monitoring multiple linear profiles data in terms of the probability of a signal. The advantage of the proposed method over the existing methods is greatly improved detection of changes in the process parameters of linear profiles with high-dimensional space. The article also proposes useful diagnostic aids based on F-statistics to help in identifying the source of profile variation and the locations of out-of-control samples. Finally, the use of multiple linear profile methods is illustrated by a data set from a calibration application at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center.

Keywords: Calibration; Change point; Indicator variables; Multivariate T2 control charts; Multiple linear regression; Statistical process control (SPC)

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610910802305017

Affiliations: 1: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Publication date: 2008-11-01

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