摘要(英) |
This dissertation presents the two methods, minimizing the sum of the absolute differences and minimizing the sum of the squared differences, to transform the exponential data to normality. a = 3.5142 and a = 3.5454 are obtained based on the two methods, and hence they can be applied in transforming an exponential distribution for statistical process control (SPC). This interval is [3.4, 3.77], which implies that exponents falling in this interval have very similar results in transforming the exponentials. This dissertation also presents transformation exponents to transform the gamma data by minimizing the sum of the absolute differences between these two distinct cumulative probability functions in SPC applications. The individual charts plotted using the transformed data by the proposed method are superior to those obtained using the original exponential data, the data and charts using the probability control limits, in terms of better performance, appearance and ease of interpretation and implementation by practitioners. Results of this dissertation demonstrate that the location parameter of an exponential distribution has a great effect on normalizing the exponential, whether it is the power transformation or natural logarithm transformation method. As long as a location parameter exists, the transformed data will deviate from normality. |
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