Optimal sampling plan for an unreliable multistage production system subject to competing and propagating random shifts

• Published in: IIE transactions Vol. 53; no. 11; pp. 1244 - 1265
• Main Authors: Obaidat, Sinan, Liao, Haitao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 19.08.2021; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: competing and propagating random shifts; Downstream effects; Failure rates; Maintenance; multistage production systems; Sampling; Sampling plan; Shot blasting
• ISSN: 2472-5854; 2472-5862
• DOI: 10.1080/24725854.2020.1825880

Sampling plans play an important role in monitoring production systems and reducing quality- and maintenance-related costs. Existing sampling plans usually focus on one assignable cause. However, multiple assignable causes may occur, especially for a multistage production system, and the resulting p...