Alarm algorithms for displacement detection methods are one of the key components of an automatic displacement monitoring system used for monitoring any large structure (such as dams, bridges etc.). Methods such as Shewhart algorithm, moving average algorithm weighted moving average algorithm (WMA), exponentially weighted moving average algorithm (EWMA), cumulative sum algorithm (CUSUM) are use...

For an improved monitoring of process parameters, it is generally desirable to have ef?cient designs of control charting structures. The addition of Shewhart control limits to the cumulative sum (CUSUM) control chart is a simple monitoring scheme sensitive to wide range of mean shifts. To improve the detection ability of the combined Shewhart–CUSUM control chart to off-target processes, we deve...

Methods of statistical process control were briefly investigated in the field of educational measurement as early as 1999. However, only the use of a cumulative sum chart was explored. In this article other methods of statistical quality control are introduced and explored. In particular, methods in the form of Shewhart mean and standard deviation charts are introduced as techniques for ensurin...

The most popular tool used in the industry for monitoring a process is the Shewhart control chart. The major disadvantage of the Shewhart control chart is that it is not very efficient in detecting small process average shifts. To increase the sensitivity of Shewhart control charts to small shifts additional supplementary runs rules has been suggested. In this paper we introduce and study the m...

Combining an EWMA chart with a Shewhart chart is traditionally recommended as a means of providing good protection against both small and large shifts in the process mean. Capizzi and Masarotto have proposed an EWMA chart with a variable smoothing constant (AEWMA) for the same purpose. In this paper, we optimize the designs of the AEWMA and of the combined EWMA-Shewhart schemes with regard to p...

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 ...

The Shewhart and the Bonferroni-adjustment S control charts are usually applied to monitor the standard deviation of a quality characteristic. The control limits of these charts are constructed using approximately the normal distribution in case that the standard deviation parameter is known or unknown. In this paper, we establish a new S chart that is based approximately on the normal distribu...