Control charts are used to identify the presence of assignable cause of variation in the process. Non-parametric control chart is an emerging area of recent development in the theory of SPC. Its main advantage is that it does not require any knowledge about the underlying distribution of the variable. In this paper a non-parametric control chart for controlling variability has been developed. I...

The control chart (CC) is an important tool in Statistical Process Control (SPC) to improve the quality of products and processes. An unnatural variation in control maps assumes that an assignable cause affects the process is present, and some actions need to be applied to solve the problem. Thanks to their better recognition capability, NEURO-FUZZY is a powerful tool for process control and ra...

This paper presents a method for analyzing the variations of the RGB spectrum of lesion skin images using the novel segmentation process based on Six Sigma concept. This analysis further contemplates on the incidence and propagation of cancer. It is based on the underlying principles of Dr. W.A. Shewhart’s Control Charts, which focuses on the fact that the variability does exist in all repetiti...

Neural networks because of their abilities are used to patterns recognition. In statistical process control charts, a common cause variation distort expected form of unnatural patterns and so detection of assignable causes efficiently and precisely in a real-time is difficult. Therefore it would be logical to propose models based neural networks for recognition and analysis of patterns in proce...

when a change occurs in a process, one expects to receive a signal from a control chart as quickly as possible. upon the receipt of signal from the control chart a search for identifying the source of disturbance begins. however, searching for assignable cause around the signal time, due to the fact that the disturbance may have manifested itself into the rocess sometimes back, may not always l...

Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a complex clinical process that takes place within an extremely complex care deliver system. During the past 50 years, many technicaland device-related improvements have been implemented. However, there remains enormous opportunity to improve. As has been shown in other industries, understanding variation is the key to improvement of any process, and Statistical ...

when a change occurs in a process, one expects to receive a signal from a control chart as quickly as possible. upon the receipt of signal from the control chart a search for identifying the source of disturbance begins. however, searching for assignable cause around the signal time, due to the fact that the disturbance may have manifested itself into the rocess sometimes back, may not always l...

The characteristic of software processes, unlike manufacturing ones, is that they have a very high human-centered component and are primarily based on cognitive activities. As so, each time a software process is executed, inputs and outputs may vary, as well as the process performances. This phenomena is better identified in literature with the terminology of “Process Diversity” (IEEE, 2000). G...

Forensic studies of pavement failures require a clear understanding of the distress observed, a logical approach to examining potential assignable causes, a reasonable connection between the distress and assignable causes, and recommendations to minimize the potential for future failures. The recommendations must be careful to address the cause and to not unduly restrict technology that has a p...

Control charts are the most popular monitoring tools used to distinguish between special (assignable) and common causes of variation and to detect any changes in processes. The time that a control chart gives an out of control signal is not the real time of change. The actual time of the change is called the change point. Knowing the real time of the change will help and simplify finding the as...