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Bibliography

Every method-family page in the Reference cites one or more of these. The two-layer test suite (regression against build oracles, correctness against independent sources) draws on the same literature.

Primary standards and texts

  • Montgomery, D. C. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control. Wiley. — Capability indices, the control-chart constants, the variables/attributes chart families. mfgQC's primary build oracle for SPC and capability.

  • AIAG. Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) Reference Manual, 4th ed. Automotive Industry Action Group, 2010. — The ANOVA gage R&R decomposition, the part×operator interaction pooling rule, the %study/%tolerance metrics, and the number of distinct categories (ndc).

  • Western Electric Co. Statistical Quality Control Handbook. Western Electric Company, 1956. — The original "Western Electric rules" (zone tests) for detecting non-random patterns on a control chart.

  • Nelson, L. S. (1984). "The Shewhart Control Chart — Tests for Special Causes." Journal of Quality Technology, 16(4), 237–239. — The eight Nelson rules.

Non-normal capability

  • Box, G. E. P., & Cox, D. R. (1964). "An Analysis of Transformations." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, 26(2), 211–252. — The Box-Cox power-transformation family.

  • Clements, J. A. (1989). "Process Capability Calculations for Non-Normal Distributions." Quality Progress, 22(9), 95–100. — Percentile-based capability using Pearson curves.

  • Johnson, N. L. (1949). "Systems of Frequency Curves Generated by Methods of Translation." Biometrika, 36(1/2), 149–176. — The Johnson system of distributions used for normalizing transforms.

Design of experiments

  • Lawson, J. Design and Analysis of Experiments with R. CRC Press. — Factorial design generation, effect analysis, and alias structure. mfgQC's DOE build oracle.

Independent correctness sources

  • NIST/SEMATECH. e-Handbook of Statistical Methods. itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook
  • NIST. Statistical Reference Datasets (StRD). itl.nist.gov/div898/strd
  • R qcc package — Scrucca, L. (2004). "qcc: an R package for quality control charting and statistical process control." R News, 4/1, 11–17.
  • R SixSigma package — Cano, Moguerza & Redchuk, Six Sigma with R. Springer, 2012.
  • ISO 281 — Rolling bearings — Dynamic load ratings and rating life (bearing-life calculation).