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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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploratory image data analysis for quality improvement hypothesis generation	105
Statistical process monitoring for vector autoregressive time series based on location-scale CUSUM method	39
Letter to the quality engineering editor	32
Modeling the output from a commercial chemical process using regression models from survival analysis	22
Tukey-EWMA control chart with variable sampling intervals for process monitoring	21
Acceptance sampling with multiple inspectors: Critical aspects in aggregating individual assessments	20
Evaluation of manufacturing process in low variety high volume industry with the coupling of cloud model theory and TOPSIS approach	18
Alternative parameter learning schemes for monitoring process stability	17
Critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 in Aerospace and Defense: A systematic literature review	17
Corporation-wide variation reduction	16
Data quality and statistics: Perfect together?	15
Multi-branch convolutional attention network for multi-sensor feature fusion in intelligent fault diagnosis of rotating machinery	14
Using a baseline with the probability of agreement to compare distribution characteristics	13
Concerns about designing C _pk sampling plans with an approximate cumulative distribution function	11
Effects of measurement errors on semicircle control chart	11
Reliability analysis for systems subject to dependent and competing failure processes with random failure thresholds	10
Lean, data, and statistics	10
Accelerated failure time analysis for industrial life modeling in presence of unknown dependent and independent censoring	10
Three-level designs under second order models	10
A note on compositional data gauge R&R studies	10
Grey Duane model for reliability growth prediction under small sample uncertain failure data	10
A primer on predictive maintenance: Potential benefits and practical challenges	10
Shared frailty models for multiple repairable systems under imperfect repair	9
Reliability modeling for multi-component system subject to dependent competing failure processes with phase-type distribution considering multiple shock sources	9
Appropriate care in a hospital: A case study in a breast center	9

An integrated failure-censored sampling scheme for lifetime-performance verification and validation under a Weibull distribution	9
Foundations of network monitoring: Definitions and applications	9
The interdisciplinary nature of network monitoring: Advantages and disadvantages	8
System reliability optimization with two-sided power distributed component failure times	8
The decay of Six Sigma and the rise of Quality 4.0 in manufacturing innovation	7
Optimal test design for reliability demonstration under multi-stage acceptance uncertainties	7
Approximate dynamic programming methods in Bayesian preference elicitation	7
Semi-supervised learning for predictive modeling in industrial applications	7
On reliability analysis of one-shot devices with manufacturing defects	7
The North America competitive product laundry initiative – a case study on thorough understanding and quantitation of laundry product performance through Statistical Engineering	6
Evidential FMEA method for human reliability assessment	6
Deep learning-based residual control chart for count data	6
Cause-and-effect diagram-based supersaturated designs	6
Remaining useful life prediction using the similarity-based integrations of multi-sensors data	6
Control chart pattern recognition for small samples based on Siamese Neural Network	6
Self-organized criticality in manufacturing system unscheduled downtime series and its application to major failure prediction	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
First to signal criterion for comparing control chart performance	5
CUSUM design for detection of event-rate increases for a Poisson process	5
Statistical engineering – Part 2: Future	5
The case against generally weighted moving average (GWMA) control charts	5
Design of Multiple Deferred State Repetitive Group Sampling Plans for Life Tests based on Generalized Gamma Distribution	5
Product quality prediction based on process data: Taking the gearbox of Company D as an example	5
Rejoinder	5
A Bayesian nonparametric system reliability model which integrates multiple sources of lifetime information	5
Active learning for industrial applications	5
Introduction to special edition of Quality Engineering	5
Statistical engineering: Synergies with established engineering disciplines	5
A neural network-based control chart for monitoring and interpreting autocorrelated multivariate processes using layer-wise relevance propagation	5
Two-level D-optimal designs for run sizes that are one less than a multiple of four	4
Discussion of a nice paper with a long title	4
Simultaneous tolerance intervals for response surface designs	4
Quality 4.0: Learning quality control, the evolution of SQC/SPC	4
Process Analytical Technology, continuous manufacturing, and the development of a surrogate model for dissolution: a pharmaceutical manufacturing statistical engineering case study	4
Hidden dimensions of the data: PCA vs autoencoders	4
An online approach for robust parameter design with incremental Gaussian process	4
Online monitoring of nonlinear profiles using a Gaussian process model with heteroscedasticity	4
Tolerance interval for the exponential distribution with a specified ratio of the tail probabilities and generalizations	4
Modified Imperfect Repair Model (ARAM ₁ ) and new PLP parameterization	4
A Conversation with Christine M. Anderson-Cook	4
Equivalences between multiple dependent state sampling, chain sampling, and control chart runs rules	4
A reliability approach for prediction and management of part obsolescence for improved system health	4
Using statistical engineering in pharmaceutical and biotech problem solving a case study	4
Broader impacts of network monitoring: Its role in government, industry, technology, and beyond	3
Availability and cost models for sequentially inspected systems with dependent catastrophic and soft failures	3
Response to the letter by Professors Woodall and Knoth	3
Particle swarm exchange algorithms with applications in generating optimal model-discrimination designs	3
Sequential Bayesian assurance tests for degradation data	3
Utilizing jackknife and bootstrap to understand tensile stress to failure of an epoxy resin	3

A life extrapolation model using accelerated equivalent luminance and its application	3
Confronting experimental error in industrial DOE: A fresh look	3
Data-driven maintenance priority recommendations for civil aircraft engine fleets using reliability-based bivariate cluster analysis	3
A hierarchical model-based method for wafer level virtual metrology under process information deficiency	3
Improvement projects with an environmental focus: A novel approach for prioritization	3
A class of response surface split-plot designs	3
DR-AIR: A data repository bridging the research gap in AI reliability	3
Letter to the Editor	3
Nonparametric control limits incorporating exceedance probability criterion for statistical process monitoring with commonly employed small to moderate sample sizes	3
Enhancing risk assessment of manufacturing production process integrating failure modes and sequential fuzzy cognitive map	3
Simultaneous monitoring of the mean vector and covariance matrix of multivariate multiple linear profiles with a new adaptive Shewhart-type control chart	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
How generative AI models such as ChatGPT can be (mis)used in SPC practice, education, and research? An exploratory study	3
Deep reinforcement learning for maintenance optimization of multi-component production systems considering quality and production plan	3
On efficient change point detection using a step cumulative sum control chart	3
Quality process reengineering in industry 4.0: A BPR perspective	2
Automated, rapid, and convergent hyperparameter optimizer (ARCH) for neural network classifiers	2
Leveraging what you know: Versatile space-filling designs	2
Improving laser welding penetration depth process capability for automotive seat adjusters	2
Correction	2
Semiparametric approach for dual-response robust design with complex two-factor interactions	2
A conversation with William Q. Meeker	2
Correction	2
Reliability-based optimization of imperfect preventive maintenance with Bayesian estimation	2
Step-stress tests for interval-censored data under gamma lifetime distribution	2
A control chart for monitoring images using jump location curves	2
Assurance of electronic parts for aerospace system reliability: Past, present, and future	2
Efficient ARL estimation for general control charts using censored run lengths	2
Visualization and comparison of aircraft trajectories using Gaussian-Smoothed heatmaps	2
Contextual anomaly detection for multivariate time series data	2
A high dimensional functional time series approach to evolution outlier detection for grouped smart meters	2
A reliability prediction method considering degradation self-acceleration effect in DC-link electrolytic capacitor	2
Discussion on “statistical solutions for interdisciplinary problem-solving”	2
A model for failure-time data with two dependent failure modes and prediction of future failures	2
MR-RF: A robust data mining method for multiresponse optimization using a random forest	2
Hybrid fault diagnostics and prognostics system development for motor bearings health monitoring	2
A note on using simulated implicit likelihood estimation to analyze summaries from a designed experiment	1
Power guidelines for process monitoring	1
On the construction of saturated split-plot designs for quadratic response surface models	1
A critical assessment of neutrosophic statistical methods	1
A comparative study for parameter estimation of the Weibull distribution in a small sample size: An application to spring fatigue failure data	1
Application of a proposed reliability analysis multivariate capability index on manufacturing processes	1
A new incapability index for simple linear profile with asymmetric tolerances	1
Simultaneous classification and out-of-distribution detection for wafer bin maps	1
Enhanced problem solving through redefined 8D step completion criteria	1
Case study on applying sequential analyses in operational testing	1
A latent process approach to change-point detection of mixed-type observations	1
Research in network monitoring: Connections with SPM and new directions	1
Mixed-type defect pattern recognition in noisy labeled wafer bin maps	1
Optimal design of time-between-event control charts with parameter estimation	1
Statistical inference in Burr type XII lifetime model based on progressive randomly censored data	1
Assessing the performance of control charts for detecting previously unexplored shift types in high density spatial data	1
Optimal design of a two-point variables skip-lot sampling plan with Taguchi capability index	1
Early fault diagnosis based on reinforcement learning optimized-SVM model with vibration-monitored signals	1
A mixture model application in monitoring error message rates for a distributed industrial fleet	1
Optimal diagnosis interval for online quality control methods	1
A case study: Eliminating nuisance within-part variation in assessing a measurement system	1
Developing a cost-efficient dual sampling system for lot disposition by considering process yield and quality loss	1
Real-time monitoring for Plateau lake expanding based on EWMA and UNet image segmentation	1
Optimal designing of skip-lot sampling plan with a provision for reducing the normal inspection using the Taguchi process capability index	1
Redefining software reliability modeling: embracing fault-dependency, imperfect removal, and maximum fault considerations	1
Mutual combination of selected principles and technologies of Industry 4.0 and quality management methods - case study	1
Cautious parameter learning for a joint mean and variance monitoring CUSUM scheme with guaranteed in-control performance	1
Statistical engineering – Part 1: Past and present	1
Gage R&R studies in measurement system analysis: A systematic literature review	1
Developing variables two-plan sampling scheme with consideration of process loss for lot sentencing	1
A study of attribute control charts for censored lifetime data	1