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When T 2 control chart is used to monitor a process, it is usually assumed that the samples of size n 0 is taken at constant intervals t 0 . In this paper, we investigate the T 2 control chart for monitoring the process mean vector when the sampling intervals are variable. Recent studies have shown that the variable sampling interval (VSI) scheme helps practitioners detect process shifts more quickly than the classical scheme Fixed Ratio Sampling (FRS). In this paper, it is assumed that the length of time the process remains in control is exponentially distributed.
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Faraz, A., Chalaki, K. & Moghadam, M.B. On the properties of the hotelling’s T2 control chart with variable sampling intervals. Qual Quant 45, 579–586 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-010-9314-z
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