IIE Transactions articles from February 2008

IIE Transactions archives from February 2008

A model-based clustering approach to the recognition of the spatial defect patterns produced during semiconductor fabrication.(Report)
February 1, 2008... 1. Introduction The fabrication of Integrated Circuits (ICs) is a complex and costly process that involves hundreds of steps. Defects generated during these manufacturing steps not only lower the manufacturing yield but also cause...

Optimal specifications for degrading characteristics.(Report)
February 1, 2008... 1. Introduction Many characteristics of a product are subject to degradation. During the product usage, those characteristics degrade, resulting in the deterioration of the product's performance. How should we set the manufacturing...

Variability monitoring of multistage manufacturing processes using regression adjustment methods.(Report)
February 1, 2008... 1. Introduction The growing demand for products with both an improved functionality and a shorter time to market in order to be successful in today's fiercely competitive marketplace places an enormous strain on production systems....

Holistic reliability analysis of weighted voting systems from a multi-state perspective.(Report)
February 1, 2008... 1. Introduction Decision-making systems have recently become an area of intense activity because of their potential for application to areas such as security, target identification, and safety and monitoring (Kam et al., 1991; Viswanathan...

An economic comparison of CUSUM and Shewhart charts.(cumulative sum)(Report)
February 1, 2008... 1. Introduction For many years the research community has allocated a considerable part of its effort to the design of effective quality control charts. The effectiveness of the charts is usually evaluated from a statistical point of view,...

Simultaneous optimization of [bar.X] control chart and age-based preventive maintenance policies under an economic objective.(Author abstract)(Report)
February 1, 2008... 1. Introduction The economic design of control charts has recently received a tremendous amount of attention in the statistical process control literature. Designing control charts with an economic objective refers to the cost model...

Probability and Random Processes.(Book review)
February 1, 2008... Probability and Random Processes V. Krishnan John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, N.J., 2006, ISBN 0-471-70354-0, 707 pp. There are quite a number of text books and monographs on the topics of probability theory, random processes and...