Quality improvement through statistical methods. International conference, Cochin, India, December 28--31, 1996 (Q1127075)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Sandland, R. L.}, Industrial statistics and innovation, 13-21 [Zbl 0909.62102] \textit{Abraham, Bovas; Beecroft, G. Dennis}, Understanding QS-9000 with its preventive and statistical focus, 23-33 [Zbl 0925.62435] \textit{Rahman, Shams-ur}, A conceptual framework for variation reduction, 35-44 [Zbl 0909.62101] \textit{Brewster, John F.; Cheng, Smiley W.; Macpherson, Brian D.; Spiring, Fred A.}, The role of academic statisticians in quality improvement strategies of small and medium sized companies, 45-58 [Zbl 0907.62113] \textit{Ferrer, A. J.; Capilla, C.; Romero, R.; Martin, J.}, Developing optimal regulation and monitoring strategies to control a continuous petrochemical process, 61-77 [Zbl 0910.90138] \textit{Vännman, Kerstin}, Capability indices when tolerances are asymmetric, 79-95 [Zbl 0907.62118] \textit{Srivastava, M. S.}, Robustness of on-line control procedures, 97-108 [Zbl 0916.62070] \textit{Thavaneswaran, A.; Macpherson, Brian D.; Abraham, B.}, An application of filtering to statistical process control, 109-120 [Zbl 0907.62116] \textit{Park, Sung H.; Kim, Jae J.}, Statistical process control and its applications in Korean industries, 121-133 [Zbl 0909.62100] \textit{Yatawara, Nihal; Harrison, Jeff}, Multivariate statistical process control of a mineral processing industry, 135-149 [Zbl 0907.62119] \textit{Pal, B. K.; Joseph, V. Roshan}, Developing objective strategies for monitoring multi input/single output chemical process, 151-162 [Zbl 0910.90144] \textit{Carlsson, Olle}, Properties of the \(C_{pm}\) index for seemingly unstable production processes, 163-172 [Zbl 0909.62095] \textit{Kocherlakota, Subrahmaniam; Kocherlakota, Kathleen}, Process capability indices for contaminated bivariate normal populations, 173-186 [Zbl 0910.62099] \textit{Frisén, Marianne; Wessman, Peter}, Quality improvements by likelihood ratio methods for surveillance, 187-193 [Zbl 0909.62096] \textit{Wallgren, Erik}, Properties of the Taguchi capability index for Markov dependent quality characteristics, 195-203 [Zbl 0909.62104] \textit{Chipman, Hugh A.}, Fast model search for designed experiments with complex aliasing, 207-220 [Zbl 1007.62523] \textit{Vijayan, K.; Shah, K. R.}, Optimal 12 run designs, 221-235 [Zbl 0916.62054] \textit{Bacon, David W.; Lott, Rodney}, Robustness of \(D\)-optimal experimental designs for mixture studies, 237-247 [Zbl 0909.62075] \textit{Prat, Albert; Grima, Pere}, A bivariate plot useful in selecting a robust design, 249-262 [Zbl 0910.62101] \textit{Hirotsu, C.}, Technological aspects of TQM, 275-287 [Zbl 0909.62098] \textit{Byun, Jai Hyun; Kim, Kwang-Jae}, On robust design for multiple quality characteristics, 289-297 [Zbl 0909.62094] \textit{Park, Sung H.; Park, Jun O.}, Simultaneous optimization of multiple responses using a weighted desirability function, 299-311 [Zbl 0964.62113] \textit{Ghosh, Subir; Lopez, Luis A.}, Evaluating statistical methods practiced in two important areas of quality improvement, 313-324 [Zbl 0910.62098] \textit{Ratnaparkhi, Makarand V.; Park, Won J.}, Applications of generalized linear models in reliability studies for composite materials, 327-337 [Zbl 0907.62114] \textit{Asha, G.; Nair, N. Unnikrishnan}, Bivariate failure rates in discrete time, 339-350 [Zbl 0907.62102] \textit{Gupta, Pushpa I.; Gupta, Ramesh C.}, A general approach of studying random environmental models, 351-362 [Zbl 0907.62105] \textit{Aly, Emad-Eldin A. A.}, Testing for change points expressed in terms of the mean residual life function, 363-369 [Zbl 0909.62093] \textit{Singh, Radhey S.}, Empirical Bayes procedures for testing the quality and reliability with respect to mean life, 371-379 [Zbl 0909.62103] \textit{Samanta, M.; Thavaneswaran, A.}, On a test of independence in a multivariate exponential distribution, 381-389 [Zbl 0910.62058] \textit{Murdoch, D. J.}, Random walk approximation of confidence intervals, 393-404 [Zbl 0910.62028] \textit{Park, Young-Hyun}, A study of quality costs in a multi component and low volume products automated manufacturing system, 405-413 [Zbl 0910.90145]