Optimization algorithms provides efficient solutions to many statistical problems. Essentially, the design of sampling plans for lot acceptance purposes is an optimization problem with several constraints, usually related to the quality levels required by the producer and the consumer. An...

Assuming that the probability of obtaining a defective unit in a production process, p, is not constant, a versatile methodology is presented for determining optimal failure-censored reliability sampling plans for log-location–scale lifetime models. The optimization procedure to decide the...

This paper attempts to develop a sampling inspection scheme by variables based on process performance index for product acceptance determination, which examines the situation where resampling is permitted on lots not accepted on original inspection. The equations for plan parameters, the...