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Papers

(The median citation count of Quality Engineering is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Modeling the output from a commercial chemical process using regression models from survival analysis	94
Exploratory image data analysis for quality improvement hypothesis generation	37
Statistical process monitoring for vector autoregressive time series based on location-scale CUSUM method	24
Letter to the quality engineering editor	23
A method for robust design of products or processes with categorical response	20
Acceptance sampling with multiple inspectors: Critical aspects in aggregating individual assessments	19
Critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 in Aerospace and Defense: A systematic literature review	19
Tukey-EWMA control chart with variable sampling intervals for process monitoring	18
Evaluation of manufacturing process in low variety high volume industry with the coupling of cloud model theory and TOPSIS approach	17
Alternative parameter learning schemes for monitoring process stability	15
Data quality and statistics: Perfect together?	15
Corporation-wide variation reduction	15
Multi-branch convolutional attention network for multi-sensor feature fusion in intelligent fault diagnosis of rotating machinery	14
Effects of measurement errors on semicircle control chart	12
Using a baseline with the probability of agreement to compare distribution characteristics	12
Lean, data, and statistics	11
Reliability analysis for systems subject to dependent and competing failure processes with random failure thresholds	10
Three-level designs under second order models	10
Reliability analysis of heat exchanging system of deep-sea manned submersibles using Markov model	10
Reliability modeling for multi-component system subject to dependent competing failure processes with phase-type distribution considering multiple shock sources	9
A note on compositional data gauge R&R studies	9
Accelerated failure time analysis for industrial life modeling in presence of unknown dependent and independent censoring	9
Grey Duane model for reliability growth prediction under small sample uncertain failure data	8
An integrated failure-censored sampling scheme for lifetime-performance verification and validation under a Weibull distribution	8
Foundations of network monitoring: Definitions and applications	8

A primer on predictive maintenance: Potential benefits and practical challenges	8
Optimal test design for reliability demonstration under multi-stage acceptance uncertainties	7
System reliability optimization with two-sided power distributed component failure times	7
Semi-supervised learning for predictive modeling in industrial applications	7
On gauge repeatability and reproducibility studies for counts	7
Approximate dynamic programming methods in Bayesian preference elicitation	7
The decay of Six Sigma and the rise of Quality 4.0 in manufacturing innovation	7
Deep learning-based residual control chart for count data	6
Remaining useful life prediction using the similarity-based integrations of multi-sensors data	6
Cause-and-effect diagram-based supersaturated designs	6
Evidential FMEA method for human reliability assessment	6
A CUSUM control chart for the Gamma distribution with cautious parameter learning	6
Generating exact optimal designs via particle swarm optimization: Assessing efficacy and efficiency via case study	6
The North America competitive product laundry initiative – a case study on thorough understanding and quantitation of laundry product performance through Statistical Engineering	6
The interdisciplinary nature of network monitoring: Advantages and disadvantages	6
Control chart pattern recognition for small samples based on Siamese Neural Network	6
On reliability analysis of one-shot devices with manufacturing defects	6
Self-organized criticality in manufacturing system unscheduled downtime series and its application to major failure prediction	6
Active learning for industrial applications	5
First to signal criterion for comparing control chart performance	5
Product quality prediction based on process data: Taking the gearbox of Company D as an example	5
The case against generally weighted moving average (GWMA) control charts	5
Statistical engineering: Synergies with established engineering disciplines	5
CUSUM design for detection of event-rate increases for a Poisson process	5
A Bayesian nonparametric system reliability model which integrates multiple sources of lifetime information	5
A Conversation with Christine M. Anderson-Cook	5
Design of Multiple Deferred State Repetitive Group Sampling Plans for Life Tests based on Generalized Gamma Distribution	5
Introduction to special edition of Quality Engineering	5
An online approach for robust parameter design with incremental Gaussian process	5
Online monitoring of nonlinear profiles using a Gaussian process model with heteroscedasticity	4
A reliability approach for prediction and management of part obsolescence for improved system health	4
Simultaneous tolerance intervals for response surface designs	4
A neural network-based control chart for monitoring and interpreting autocorrelated multivariate processes using layer-wise relevance propagation	4
Statistical engineering – Part 2: Future	4
Hidden dimensions of the data: PCA vs autoencoders	4
Rejoinder	4
Simultaneous monitoring of the mean vector and covariance matrix of multivariate multiple linear profiles with a new adaptive Shewhart-type control chart	3
A hierarchical model-based method for wafer level virtual metrology under process information deficiency	3
Tolerance interval for the exponential distribution with a specified ratio of the tail probabilities and generalizations	3
Broader impacts of network monitoring: Its role in government, industry, technology, and beyond	3
Letter to the Editor	3
Case study: Using all the available data to assess a measurement system via a Bayesian analysis of unbalanced data	3
Design of the EWMA charts for simultaneously monitoring mean and variance using the conditional false alarm rate	3
Enhancing risk assessment of manufacturing production process integrating failure modes and sequential fuzzy cognitive map	3
Two-level D-optimal designs for run sizes that are one less than a multiple of four	3
Data-driven maintenance priority recommendations for civil aircraft engine fleets using reliability-based bivariate cluster analysis	3
Process Analytical Technology, continuous manufacturing, and the development of a surrogate model for dissolution: a pharmaceutical manufacturing statistical engineering case study	3
Equivalences between multiple dependent state sampling, chain sampling, and control chart runs rules	3
Using statistical engineering in pharmaceutical and biotech problem solving a case study	3
Utilizing jackknife and bootstrap to understand tensile stress to failure of an epoxy resin	3

Nonparametric control limits incorporating exceedance probability criterion for statistical process monitoring with commonly employed small to moderate sample sizes	3
Response to the letter by Professors Woodall and Knoth	3
Availability and cost models for sequentially inspected systems with dependent catastrophic and soft failures	3
Modified Imperfect Repair Model (ARAM ₁ ) and new PLP parameterization	3
Quality 4.0: Learning quality control, the evolution of SQC/SPC	3
A novel application of a definitive screening design: A case study	3
Confronting experimental error in industrial DOE: A fresh look	3
Deep reinforcement learning for maintenance optimization of multi-component production systems considering quality and production plan	3
Interpreting operator-part interaction in gage repeatability and reproducibility studies	3
Improvement projects with an environmental focus: A novel approach for prioritization	3
Sequential Bayesian assurance tests for degradation data	2
Leveraging what you know: Versatile space-filling designs	2
Efficient ARL estimation for general control charts using censored run lengths	2
On efficient change point detection using a step cumulative sum control chart	2
MR-RF: A robust data mining method for multiresponse optimization using a random forest	2
Step-stress tests for interval-censored data under gamma lifetime distribution	2
A model for failure-time data with two dependent failure modes and prediction of future failures	2
Phase I monitoring of individual normal data: Design and implementation	2
Quality process reengineering in industry 4.0: A BPR perspective	2
Automated, rapid, and convergent hyperparameter optimizer (ARCH) for neural network classifiers	2
Reliability-based optimization of imperfect preventive maintenance with Bayesian estimation	2
Particle swarm exchange algorithms with applications in generating optimal model-discrimination designs	2
How generative AI models such as ChatGPT can be (mis)used in SPC practice, education, and research? An exploratory study	2
Correction	2
A high dimensional functional time series approach to evolution outlier detection for grouped smart meters	2
Real-time monitoring for Plateau lake expanding based on EWMA and UNet image segmentation	2
Power guidelines for process monitoring	2
A reliability prediction method considering degradation self-acceleration effect in DC-link electrolytic capacitor	2
A conversation with William Q. Meeker	2
Hybrid fault diagnostics and prognostics system development for motor bearings health monitoring	2
Assurance of electronic parts for aerospace system reliability: Past, present, and future	2
A class of response surface split-plot designs	2
A life extrapolation model using accelerated equivalent luminance and its application	2
Visualization and comparison of aircraft trajectories using Gaussian-Smoothed heatmaps	2
Mixed-type defect pattern recognition in noisy labeled wafer bin maps	2
Correction	2
Mining quality determinants of product-service systems from user-generated contents	2
A control chart for monitoring images using jump location curves	2
Contextual anomaly detection for multivariate time series data	2
Case study on applying sequential analyses in operational testing	1
A latent process approach to change-point detection of mixed-type observations	1
Developing a cost-efficient dual sampling system for lot disposition by considering process yield and quality loss	1
Identifying dominant causes using leveraged study designs	1
Understanding and addressing complexity in problem solving	1
Case study: Accounting for response measurement error in fitting a regression model	1
Optimal design of a two-point variables skip-lot sampling plan with Taguchi capability index	1
Simultaneous classification and out-of-distribution detection for wafer bin maps	1
Cautious parameter learning for a joint mean and variance monitoring CUSUM scheme with guaranteed in-control performance	1
Statistical inference in Burr type XII lifetime model based on progressive randomly censored data	1
A study of attribute control charts for censored lifetime data	1
Optimal diagnosis interval for online quality control methods	1
A case study: Eliminating nuisance within-part variation in assessing a measurement system	1
A critical assessment of neutrosophic statistical methods	1
Redefining software reliability modeling: embracing fault-dependency, imperfect removal, and maximum fault considerations	1
A new incapability index for simple linear profile with asymmetric tolerances	1
AS²-GWMA control chart for monitoring the process variability	1
Statistical engineering – Part 1: Past and present	1
Enhanced problem solving through redefined 8D step completion criteria	1
A mixture model application in monitoring error message rates for a distributed industrial fleet	1
Optimal designing of skip-lot sampling plan with a provision for reducing the normal inspection using the Taguchi process capability index	1
Developing variables two-plan sampling scheme with consideration of process loss for lot sentencing	1
Optimal design of time-between-event control charts with parameter estimation	1
Research in network monitoring: Connections with SPM and new directions	1
Gage R&R studies in measurement system analysis: A systematic literature review	1
A note on using simulated implicit likelihood estimation to analyze summaries from a designed experiment	1
Mutual combination of selected principles and technologies of Industry 4.0 and quality management methods - case study	1
Early fault diagnosis based on reinforcement learning optimized-SVM model with vibration-monitored signals	1
A comparative study for parameter estimation of the Weibull distribution in a small sample size: An application to spring fatigue failure data	1
An adaptive exponentially weighted moving average control chart for poisson processes	1
Application of a proposed reliability analysis multivariate capability index on manufacturing processes	1
On the construction of saturated split-plot designs for quadratic response surface models	1