Existing studies of on-line process control are concerned with economic aspects, and the parameters of the processes are optimized with respect to the average cost per item produced. However, an equally important dimension is the adoption of an efficient maintenance policy. In most cases, only...

A combination of double sampling X¯ chart and variable sampling intervals X¯ chart (DSVSI) can successfully reduce the detection time of small mean shift. Before a DSVSI X¯ chart is used, its design parameters should be determined. This study constructs an economic design model of DSVSI X¯...