| Abstract: | Shewhart and EWMA control charts can be suitably combined to obtain a simple monitoring scheme sensitive to both large and small shifts in the process mean. So far, the performance of the combined Shewhart–EWMA (CSEWMA) has been investigated under the assumption that the process parameters are known. However, parameters are often estimated from reference Phase I samples. Since chart performances may be even largely affected by estimation errors, we study the behaviour of the CSEWMA with estimated parameters in both in- and out-of-control situations. Comparisons with standard Shewhart and EWMA charts are presented. Recommendations are given for Phase I sample size requirements necessary to achieve desired in-control performance. |
