A note on the asymptotic distribution of the process capability index C-pmk

作者：Wu Shu Fei^*; Liang Mei Chu

来源：Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 2010, 80(1-2): 227-235.

DOI：10.1080/00949650802592416

• process capability index
• asymptotic distribution
• confidence interval

Process capability indices have been widely used to evaluate the process performance to the continuous improvement of quality and productivity. The distribution of the estimator of the process capability index C-pmk is very complicated and the asymptotic distribution is proposed by Chen and Hsu [The asymptotic distribution of the processes capability index C-pmk, Comm. Statist. Theory Methods 24(5) (1995), pp. 1279-1291]. However, we found a critical error for the asymptotic distribution when the population mean is not equal to the midpoint of the specification limits. In this paper, a correct version of the asymptotic distribution is given. An asymptotic confidence interval Of C-pmk by using the correct version of asymptotic distribution is proposed and the lower bound can be used to test if the process is capable. A simulation study of the coverage probability of the proposed confidence interval is shown to be satisfactory. The relation of six sigma technique and the index C-pmk is also discussed in this paper. An asymptotic testing procedure to determine if a process is capable based on the index Of C-pmk is also given in this paper.

• 出版日期2010-2