THE AOQL OF MULTI-LEVEL CONTINUOUS SAMPLING PLANS

Abstract

THE MULTI-LEVEL PLANS (MLP) FOR CONTINUOUS QUALITY CONTROL ARE CONSIDERED. THE DISCUSSION AIMS TO FIND THE PAYOFF LEVEL (AOQL) FOR PROCESSES NOT ON CONTROL. ONLY PROBABILITY SAMPLING, AT A FINITE NUMBER OF LEVELS CHARACTERIZED BY DECREASING BUT OTHERWISE ARBITRARY, SAMPLING RATES, AND ARBITRARY RELAXATION NUMBERS ARE CONSIDERED. UNDER A CERTAIN RESTRICTION ON NATURE'S STRATEGIES, THE AOQL IS DERIVED FOR THE PROCEDURES MLP - 1, MLP T. AND MLP - R. THE RESULTS ARE GIVEN IN A THEOREM. NATURE'S OPTIMAL STRATEGY IS SHOWN TO BE ALWAYS DETERMINISTIC, AND TO A PROCESS IN WHICH THE SAMPLING LEVELS FOLLOW EACH OTHER CYCLICALLY IN A COMPLETELY DETERMINED WAY.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 05, 1960
Accession Number
AD0250263

Entities

People

  • G. Elfving

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Probability
  • Quality Control
  • Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Approximation Theory.
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