A multivariate exponentially weighted moving average control chart for monitoring process variability

This paper introduces a new multivariate exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) control chart. The proposed control chart, called an EWMA V-chart, is designed to detect small changes in the variability of correlated multivariate quality characteristics. Through examples and simulations, it is demonstrated that the EWMA V-chart is superior to the |S|-chart in detecting small changes in process variability. Furthermore, a counterpart of the EWMA V-chart for monitoring process mean, called the EWMA M-chart is proposed. In detecting small changes in process variability, the combination of EWMA M-chart and EWMA V-chart is a better alternative to the combination of MEWMA control chart (Lowry et al. , 1992) and |S|-chart. Furthermore, the EWMA M- chart and V-chart can be plotted in one single figure. As for monitoring both process mean and process variability, the combined MEWMA and EWMA V-charts provide the best control procedure.

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