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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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Modeling the output from a commercial chemical process using regression models from survival analysis	114
Letter to the quality engineering editor	34
Exploratory image data analysis for quality improvement hypothesis generation	26
Alternative parameter learning schemes for monitoring process stability	22
Acceptance sampling with multiple inspectors: Critical aspects in aggregating individual assessments	21
Evaluation of manufacturing process in low variety high volume industry with the coupling of cloud model theory and TOPSIS approach	19
Critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 in Aerospace and Defense: A systematic literature review	18
Statistical process monitoring for vector autoregressive time series based on location-scale CUSUM method	18
Tukey-EWMA control chart with variable sampling intervals for process monitoring	18
Corporation-wide variation reduction	16
Concerns about designing C _pk sampling plans with an approximate cumulative distribution function	15
Data quality and statistics: Perfect together?	15
Using a baseline with the probability of agreement to compare distribution characteristics	14
Multi-branch convolutional attention network for multi-sensor feature fusion in intelligent fault diagnosis of rotating machinery	12
Effects of measurement errors on semicircle control chart	11
Sequential learning in practice: A case study in drug product development	11
Lean, data, and statistics	11
Appropriate care in a hospital: A case study in a breast center	11
Reliability modeling for multi-component system subject to dependent competing failure processes with phase-type distribution considering multiple shock sources	11
Grey Duane model for reliability growth prediction under small sample uncertain failure data	10
Befitting bootstrap analysis: A case study	10
Shared frailty models for multiple repairable systems under imperfect repair	10
A primer on predictive maintenance: Potential benefits and practical challenges	10
A note on compositional data gauge R&R studies	10
Accelerated failure time analysis for industrial life modeling in presence of unknown dependent and independent censoring	10

Reliability analysis for systems subject to dependent and competing failure processes with random failure thresholds	9
Semi-supervised learning for predictive modeling in industrial applications	9
An integrated failure-censored sampling scheme for lifetime-performance verification and validation under a Weibull distribution	9
Approximate dynamic programming methods in Bayesian preference elicitation	9
The decay of Six Sigma and the rise of Quality 4.0 in manufacturing innovation	8
Evidential FMEA method for human reliability assessment	7
System reliability optimization with two-sided power distributed component failure times	7
Optimal test design for reliability demonstration under multi-stage acceptance uncertainties	7
A CUSUM control chart for the Gamma distribution with cautious parameter learning	7
Generating exact optimal designs via particle swarm optimization: Assessing efficacy and efficiency via case study	7
Remaining useful life prediction using the similarity-based integrations of multi-sensors data	7
Cause-and-effect diagram-based supersaturated designs	6
Deep learning-based residual control chart for count data	6
Design of Multiple Deferred State Repetitive Group Sampling Plans for Life Tests based on Generalized Gamma Distribution	6
Self-organized criticality in manufacturing system unscheduled downtime series and its application to major failure prediction	6
Control chart pattern recognition for small samples based on Siamese Neural Network	6
Statistical engineering: Synergies with established engineering disciplines	6
The North America competitive product laundry initiative – a case study on thorough understanding and quantitation of laundry product performance through Statistical Engineering	6
On reliability analysis of one-shot devices with manufacturing defects	6
Product quality prediction based on process data: Taking the gearbox of Company D as an example	5
Discussion of a nice paper with a long title	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
A Conversation with Christine M. Anderson-Cook	5
A statistical approach to quality evaluation of AI mislabel detection algorithm	5
CUSUM design for detection of event-rate increases for a Poisson process	5
Statistical engineering – Part 2: Future	5
A neural network-based control chart for monitoring and interpreting autocorrelated multivariate processes using layer-wise relevance propagation	5
First to signal criterion for comparing control chart performance	5
An online approach for robust parameter design with incremental Gaussian process	4
Equivalences between multiple dependent state sampling, chain sampling, and control chart runs rules	4
Using statistical engineering in pharmaceutical and biotech problem solving a case study	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
Rejoinder	4
Online monitoring of nonlinear profiles using a Gaussian process model with heteroscedasticity	4
Simultaneous tolerance intervals for response surface designs	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
The case against generally weighted moving average (GWMA) control charts	4
A reliability approach for prediction and management of part obsolescence for improved system health	4
Quality 4.0: Learning quality control, the evolution of SQC/SPC	4
Simultaneous monitoring of the mean vector and covariance matrix of multivariate multiple linear profiles with a new adaptive Shewhart-type control chart	4
A conversation with Ron Snee	4
Two-level D-optimal designs for run sizes that are one less than a multiple of four	3
Improvement projects with an environmental focus: A novel approach for prioritization	3
Letter to the Editor	3
On efficient change point detection using a step cumulative sum control chart	3
How generative AI models such as ChatGPT can be (mis)used in SPC practice, education, and research? An exploratory study	3

DR-AIR: A data repository bridging the research gap in AI reliability	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
Deep reinforcement learning for maintenance optimization of multi-component production systems considering quality and production plan	3
A life extrapolation model using accelerated equivalent luminance and its application	3
Design of the EWMA charts for simultaneously monitoring mean and variance using the conditional false alarm rate	3
A class of response surface split-plot designs	3
Enhancing risk assessment of manufacturing production process integrating failure modes and sequential fuzzy cognitive map	3
A hierarchical model-based method for wafer level virtual metrology under process information deficiency	3
Case study: Using all the available data to assess a measurement system via a Bayesian analysis of unbalanced data	3
Utilizing jackknife and bootstrap to understand tensile stress to failure of an epoxy resin	3
Response to the letter by Professors Woodall and Knoth	3
Nonparametric control limits incorporating exceedance probability criterion for statistical process monitoring with commonly employed small to moderate sample sizes	3
Sequential Bayesian assurance tests for degradation data	3
Availability and cost models for sequentially inspected systems with dependent catastrophic and soft failures	3
Reliability-based optimization of imperfect preventive maintenance with Bayesian estimation	2
MR-RF: A robust data mining method for multiresponse optimization using a random forest	2
Quality process reengineering in industry 4.0: A BPR perspective	2
Hybrid fault diagnostics and prognostics system development for motor bearings health monitoring	2
A high dimensional functional time series approach to evolution outlier detection for grouped smart meters	2
Semiparametric approach for dual-response robust design with complex two-factor interactions	2
A reliability prediction method considering degradation self-acceleration effect in DC-link electrolytic capacitor	2
Assurance of electronic parts for aerospace system reliability: Past, present, and future	2
Correction	2
Contextual anomaly detection for multivariate time series data	2
Particle swarm exchange algorithms with applications in generating optimal model-discrimination designs	2
Efficient ARL estimation for general control charts using censored run lengths	2
Discussion on “statistical solutions for interdisciplinary problem-solving”	2
A control chart for monitoring images using jump location curves	2
Step-stress tests for interval-censored data under gamma lifetime distribution	2
A conversation with William Q. Meeker	2
Automated, rapid, and convergent hyperparameter optimizer (ARCH) for neural network classifiers	2
Improving laser welding penetration depth process capability for automotive seat adjusters	2
Leveraging what you know: Versatile space-filling designs	2
A model for failure-time data with two dependent failure modes and prediction of future failures	1
Optimal designing of skip-lot sampling plan with a provision for reducing the normal inspection using the Taguchi process capability index	1
On the construction of saturated split-plot designs for quadratic response surface models	1
Statistical engineering – Part 1: Past and present	1
A hybrid machine learning approach for predicting short production stoppages	1
Gage R&R studies in measurement system analysis: A systematic literature review	1
A latent process approach to change-point detection of mixed-type observations	1
Optimal design of time-between-event control charts with parameter estimation	1
Real-time monitoring for Plateau lake expanding based on EWMA and UNet image segmentation	1
Optimal diagnosis interval for online quality control methods	1
Power guidelines for process monitoring	1
A comparative study for parameter estimation of the Weibull distribution in a small sample size: An application to spring fatigue failure data	1
Cautious parameter learning for a joint mean and variance monitoring CUSUM scheme with guaranteed in-control performance	1
Simultaneous classification and out-of-distribution detection for wafer bin maps	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
Case study on applying sequential analyses in operational testing	1
A critical assessment of neutrosophic statistical methods	1
Correction	1
Developing a cost-efficient dual sampling system for lot disposition by considering process yield and quality loss	1
Assessing counting systems using a gold standard or a true count	1
Early fault diagnosis based on reinforcement learning optimized-SVM model with vibration-monitored signals	1
Optimal design of a two-point variables skip-lot sampling plan with Taguchi capability index	1
Redefining software reliability modeling: embracing fault-dependency, imperfect removal, and maximum fault considerations	1
A mixture model application in monitoring error message rates for a distributed industrial fleet	1
Developing variables two-plan sampling scheme with consideration of process loss for lot sentencing	1
A case study: Eliminating nuisance within-part variation in assessing a measurement system	1
Mixed-type defect pattern recognition in noisy labeled wafer bin maps	1