Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Volume 22

Volume 22, Number 1, February 2006

Maritime Risk Modelling and Decision Making Editorials

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  Jin Wang:
  Maritime Risk Modelling and Decision Making. 1-2

Research Articles

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  Jin Wang:
  Maritime Risk Assessment and its Current Status. 3-19
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  David Andrews:
  Recent Developments in the Safety Regime for Naval Ship Design. 21-30
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  V. M. Trbojevic:
  Risk Criteria for the Shipping Industry. 31-40
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  Serap Aksu, Seref Aksu, Osman Turan:
  Reliability and Availability of Pod Propulsion Systems. 41-58
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  A. I. Ölçer, J. Majumder:
  A Case-based Decision Support System for Flooding Crises Onboard Ships. 59-78
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  Krzysztof Kolowrocki, Joanna Soszynska:
  Reliability and Availability Analysis of Complex Port Transportation Systems. 79-99
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  Mikaël Cazuguel, Celine Renaud, Jean-Yves Cognard:
  Time-variant Reliability of Nonlinear Structures: Application to a Representative Part of a Plate Floor. 101-118

Volume 22, Number 2, March 2006

Editorials

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  Douglas C. Montgomery, Aarnout C. Brombacher:
  Carol J. Feltz and David Newton. 119

Research Articles

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  You-Jin Park, Douglas C. Montgomery, John W. Fowler, Connie M. Borror:
  Cost-constrained G-efficient Response Surface Designs for Cuboidal Regions. 121-139
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  Michele D. Nichols, William J. Padgett:
  A Bootstrap Control Chart for Weibull Percentiles. 141-151
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  Min-Te Chao, Dennis K. J. Lin:
  Another Look at the Process Capability Index. 153-163
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  Ji Hwan Cha, Sangyeol Lee, Jongwoo Jeon:
  Sequential Confidence Interval Estimation for System Availability. 165-176
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  John Lawson, Jeremy Sudweeks, Del Scott:
  Are New Versions of PC Operating Systems More or Less Reliable than Older Versions? 177-189
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  Rassoul Noorossana, S. J. M. Vaghefi:
  Effect of Autocorrelation on Performance of the MCUSUM Control Chart. 191-197
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  Ping-Feng Pai, Kuo-Ping Lin:
  Application of Hybrid Learning Neural Fuzzy Systems in Reliability Prediction. 199-211
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  Erik Mønness, Shirley Coleman:
  LISREL: an Alternative to MANOVA and Principal Components in Designed Experiments when the Response is Multidimensional. 213-224
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  Fu-Kwun Wang:
  Quality Evaluation of a Manufactured Product with Multiple Characteristics. 225-236

Volume 22, Number 3, April 2006

Editorials

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  Douglas C. Montgomery, Aarnout C. Brombacher:
  Analyzing and Improving Measurement Systems: A Key to Effective Decision-making. 237-238

Research Articles

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  Albert Trip, Jaap E. Wieringa:
  Individuals Charts and Additional Tests for Changes in Spread. 239-249
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  Shwu-Tzy Jiang, Thomas L. Landers, Teri Reed Rhoads:
  Proportional Intensity Models Robustness with Overhaul Intervals. 251-263
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  P. C. Wang, Carl Lee:
  Strategies for Semi-folding Fractional Factorial Designs. 265-273
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  Li Liang, Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Timothy J. Robinson:
  Fraction of Design Space Plots for Split-plot Designs. 275-289
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  Peter A. Parker, Scott M. Kowalski, G. Geoffrey Vining:
  Classes of Split-plot Response Surface Designs for Equivalent Estimation. 291-305
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  Timothy J. Robinson, William A. Brenneman, William R. Myers:
  Process Optimization via Robust Parameter Design when Categorical Noise Factors are Present. 307-320

Application Articles

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  W. K. Wong, S. H. Ng, K. Xu:
  A Statistical Investigation and Optimization of an Industrial Radiography Inspection Process for Aero-engine Components. 321-334

Review Articles

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  James E. Brady, Theodore T. Allen:
  Six Sigma Literature: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. 335-367

Volume 22, Number 4, June 2006

Editorials

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  Aarnout C. Brombacher:
  The Impact of New Technology on the Reliability of Future Systems: Some Food for Thought. 369

Research Articles

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  Marcus B. Perry, Joseph J. Pignatiello Jr., James R. Simpson:
  Estimating the Change Point of a Poisson Rate Parameter with a Linear Trend Disturbance. 371-384
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  Todd L. Graves, Michael S. Hamada:
  Biased Reduced Sampling: Detectability of an Attribute and Estimation of Prevalence. 385-392
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  Nong Ye, Darshit Parmar, Connie M. Borror:
  A Hybrid SPC Method with the Chi-Square Distance Monitoring Procedure for Large-scale, Complex Process Data. 393-402
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  Zilong Lian, Bianca Maria Colosimo, Enrique del Castillo:
  Setup Error Adjustment: Sensitivity Analysis and a New MCMC Control Rule. 403-418
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  Alexander Chakhunashvili, Bo Bergman:
  An EWMA Solution to Detect Shifts in a Bernoulli Process in an Out-of-control Environment. 419-428
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  Zhibin Yang, Nong Ye, Ying-Cheng Lai:
  QoS Model of a Router with Feedback Control. 429-444
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  Gordon J. Savage, Dehui Tong, Stephen M. Carr:
  Optimal Mean and Tolerance Allocation Using Conformance-based Design. 445-472
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  John S. Usher, G. Don Taylor:
  Availability Demonstration Testing. 473-479
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  Richard L. Marcellus:
  Performance Measures for ―X Charts with Asymmetric Control Limits. 481-491
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  John R. Brence, Christina M. Mastrangelo:
  Parameter Selection for a Robust Tracking Signal. 493-502

Volume 22, Number 5, August 2006

DEINDE 2005: Modelling and Analysis of Physical and Computer Experiments Editorials

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  Grazia Vicario:
  DEINDE 2005: Modelling and Analysis of Physical and Computer Experiments. 503-505

Research Articles

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  Stefano Barone, Alberto Lombardo:
  Construction and Optimality of a Special Class of Balanced Designs. 507-515
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  Rossella Berni, Claudia Gonnelli:
  Planning and Optimization of a Numerical Control Machine in a Multiple Response Case. 517-526
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  Daniele Romano, Michel Kinnaert:
  Robust Design of Fault Detection and Isolation Systems. 527-538
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  Angelo Zanella, Laura Deldossi, Gabriele Cantaluppi:
  Testing the Hypotheses on the Fixed Effects in the Taguchi Approach with Combined Arrays. 539-554
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  Stefano Bonnini, Livio Corain, Luigi Salmaso:
  A New Statistical Procedure to Support Industrial Research into New Product Development. 555-566
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  Fiorenzo Franceschini, Maurizio Galetto, Domenico A. Maisano, Luciano Viticchiè:
  The Condition of Uniqueness in Manufacturing Process Representation by Performance/Quality Indicators. 567-580
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  Giovanna Nicolini, Silvia Salini:
  Customer Satisfaction in the Airline Industry: the Case of British Airways. 581-589
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  Amedeo De Luca:
  A Logit Model with a Variable Response and Predictors on an Ordinal Scale to Measure Customer Satisfaction. 591-602
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  Roberto Furlan, Roberto Corradetti:
  Reducing Conjoint Analysis Paired Comparisons Tasks by a Random Selection Procedure. 603-612

Volume 22, Number 6, October 2006

Industrial Statistics: Application and Development Editorials

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  Erik Mønness:
  Industrial Statistics: Application and Development. 613

Research Articles

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  Stefano Barone:
  Statistics-driven Development of OBD Systems: An Overview. 615-628
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  Carolyn van Lottum, Kim Pearce, Shirley Coleman:
  Features of Kansei Engineering Characterizing its Use in Two Studies: Men's Everyday Footwear and Historic Footwear. 629-650
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  John Tyssedal, Hallgeir Grinde, Carl Christian Røstad:
  The Use of a 12-run Plackett-Burman Design in the Injection Moulding of a Technical Plastic Component. 651-657
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  Ron S. Kenett, Effi Rahav, David M. Steinberg:
  Bootstrap Analysis of Designed Experiments. 659-667
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  Janet D. Godolphin:
  Reducing the Impact of Missing Values in Factorial Experiments Arranged in Blocks. 669-682
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  Ismail Abbas, Joan Rovira, Erik Cobo, Josep Casanovas:
  Simulation Models for Optimizing the Design of Clinical Trials. 683-691
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  Kostas Triantafyllopoulos:
  Multivariate Control Charts Based on Bayesian State Space Models. 693-707
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  Anca M. Hanea, Dorota Kurowicka, Roger M. Cooke:
  Hybrid Method for Quantifying and Analyzing Bayesian Belief Nets. 709-729

Volume 22, Number 7, November 2006

Editorials

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  Aarnout C. Brombacher:
  Quality Control in the 21st Century: What Do We Need After SPC? 731-732

Research Articles

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  Robert G. Batson, Yoonseok Jeong, Daniel J. Fonseca, Paul S. Ray:
  Control Charts for Monitoring Field Failure Data. 733-755
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  Michael Tortorella, William B. Frakes:
  A Computer Implementation of the Separate Maintenance Model for Complex-system Reliability. 757-770
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  Wen Lea Pearn, Mou-Yuan Liao:
  One-sided Process Capability Assessment in the Presence of Measurement Errors. 771-785
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  Silvano Bordignon, Michele Scagliarini:
  Estimation of C_pm when Measurement Error is Present. 787-801
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  Guillermo de León Adams, Pere Grima Cintas, Xavier Tort-Martorell:
  Selecting Significant Effects in Factorial Designs Taking Type II Errors into Account. 803-810
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  Smiley W. Cheng, Keoagile Thaga:
  Single Variables Control Charts: an Overview. 811-820
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  Elke den Ouden, Yuan Lu, Peter J. M. Sonnemans, Aarnout C. Brombacher:
  Quality and Reliability Problems from a Consumer's Perspective: an Increasing Problem Overlooked by Businesses? 821-838
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  Jeroen de Mast, Marcus Bergman:
  Hypothesis Generation in Quality Improvement Projects: Approaches for Exploratory Studies. 839-850
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  Adílson J. Marcorin, Alvaro José Abackerli:
  Field Failure Data: an Alternative Proposal for Reliability Estimation. 851-862

Volume 22, Number 8, December 2006

Editorials

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  Douglas C. Montgomery:
  Designed experiments in process improvement. 863-864

Research Articles

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  Per Johansson, Alexander Chakhunashvili, Stefano Barone, Bo Bergman:
  Variation Mode and Effect Analysis: a Practical Tool for Quality Improvement. 865-876
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  George Runger, Murat Caner Testik, Fugee Tsung:
  Relationships Among Control Charts Used with Feedback Control. 877-887
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  Yinfeng Gao, Loon Ching Tang:
  Chain Sampling Scheme under Constant Inspection Errors. 889-903
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  Lifang Zhang, Min Xie, Loon Ching Tang:
  Robust Regression using Probability Plots for Estimating the Weibull Shape Parameter. 905-917
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  Kurt Palmer, Bahram Asiabanpour, Behrokh Khoshnevis:
  Development of a Rapid Prototyping System using Response Surface Methodology. 919-937
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  Wei Jiang, Lianjie Shu, Fugee Tsung:
  A Comparative Study of Joint Monitoring Schemes for APC Processes. 939-952
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  Deukwoo Kwon, Kyungduk Ko, Marina Vannucci, A. L. Narasimha Reddy, S. Kim:
  Wavelet Methods for the Detection of Anomalies and their Application to Network Traffic Analysis. 953-969

Application Articles

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  Cathy Lawson, Douglas C. Montgomery:
  Logistic Regression Analysis of Customer Satisfaction Data. 971-984

Book Reviews

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  Patrick D. T. O'Connor:
  Reliability, Quality and Safety for Engineers, B. S. Dhillon, CRC Press, 2005, 219 pages. 985
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  Patrick D. T. O'Connor:
  Reliability of Electronics Handbook, P. Strudwick, R. Skipper, P. Goodman and P. Howard (ERA Report 2002-0294), ERA Technology Ltd. (http: //www.era.co.uk), 2002, 114 pages. 986