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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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Modeling the output from a commercial chemical process using regression models from survival analysis	129
Letter to the quality engineering editor	48
Evaluation of manufacturing process in low variety high volume industry with the coupling of cloud model theory and TOPSIS approach	33
Statistical process monitoring for vector autoregressive time series based on location-scale CUSUM method	27
Acceptance sampling with multiple inspectors: Critical aspects in aggregating individual assessments	25
Alternative parameter learning schemes for monitoring process stability	23
Enhancing Six Sigma with latent variable models: An industrial application of multivariate Six Sigma in the automotive sector	21
Tukey-EWMA control chart with variable sampling intervals for process monitoring	20
Exploratory image data analysis for quality improvement hypothesis generation	18
Corporation-wide variation reduction	17
Critical success factors for implementing Industry 4.0 in Aerospace and Defense: A systematic literature review	17
Optimal plans for accelerated destructive degradation tests with stress interaction effects	16
Data quality and statistics: Perfect together?	15
Using a baseline with the probability of agreement to compare distribution characteristics	14
Simultaneous detection of shifts in the marginal and dependence terms for multivariate quality control	14
The statistical finite element method: A theoretical foundation for digital twins	14
Effects of measurement errors on semicircle control chart	13
Multi-branch convolutional attention network for multi-sensor feature fusion in intelligent fault diagnosis of rotating machinery	13
Lean, data, and statistics	12
Concerns about designing C _pk sampling plans with an approximate cumulative	12
A note on compositional data gauge R&R studies	11
Sequential learning in practice: A case study in drug product development	11
Discussion of “Industrial process analytics: multiscale approaches for integrating process knowledge and data induction for improving industrial processes and products”	10
A primer on predictive maintenance: Potential benefits and practical challenges	10
Grey Duane model for reliability growth prediction under small sample uncertain failure data	10

Reliability modeling for multi-component system subject to dependent competing failure processes with phase-type distribution considering multiple shock sources	10
Shared frailty models for multiple repairable systems under imperfect repair	9
Application of Bayesian control charts with dynamic adjustment for risk monitoring	9
Appropriate care in a hospital: A case study in a breast center	9
Befitting bootstrap analysis: A case study	9
Accelerated failure time analysis for industrial life modeling in presence of unknown dependent and independent censoring	9
Approximate dynamic programming methods in Bayesian preference elicitation	8
The decay of Six Sigma and the rise of Quality 4.0 in manufacturing innovation	8
Reliability analysis for systems subject to dependent and competing failure processes with random failure thresholds	8
System reliability optimization with two-sided power distributed component failure times	8
Semi-supervised learning for predictive modeling in industrial applications	8
Optimal test design for reliability demonstration under multi-stage acceptance uncertainties	8
A statistical engineering approach to problem-solving	7
Remaining useful life prediction using the similarity-based integrations of multi-sensors data	7
Deep learning-based residual control chart for count data	7
Evidential FMEA method for human reliability assessment	7
Generating exact optimal designs via particle swarm optimization: Assessing efficacy and efficiency via case study	7
Control chart pattern recognition for small samples based on Siamese Neural Network	7
A CUSUM control chart for the Gamma distribution with cautious parameter learning	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
Active learning for industrial applications	6
A practical insight into multivariate process capability indices	6
Cause-and-effect diagram-based supersaturated designs	6
Self-organized criticality in manufacturing system unscheduled downtime series and its application to major failure prediction	6
First to signal criterion for comparing control chart performance	6
Design of Multiple Deferred State Repetitive Group Sampling Plans for Life Tests based on Generalized Gamma Distribution	6
Statistical engineering: Synergies with established engineering disciplines	6
A statistical approach to quality evaluation of AI mislabel detection algorithm	6
Some useful tactics for statisticians solving complex problems	6
An online approach for robust parameter design with incremental Gaussian process	5
Rejoinder	5
Introduction to special edition of Quality Engineering	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
Discussion of a nice paper with a long title	5
Product quality prediction based on process data: Taking the gearbox of Company D as an example	5
A Conversation with Christine M. Anderson-Cook	5
A systematic assessment of Large Language Models for constructing two-level fractional factorial designs	5
A reliability approach for prediction and management of part obsolescence for improved system health	5
A Bayesian nonparametric system reliability model which integrates multiple sources of lifetime information	5
Modified Imperfect Repair Model (ARAM ₁ ) and new PLP parameterization	4
Equivalences between multiple dependent state sampling, chain sampling, and control chart runs rules	4
Data-driven maintenance priority recommendations for civil aircraft engine fleets using reliability-based bivariate cluster analysis	4
Using statistical engineering in pharmaceutical and biotech problem solving a case study	4
Utilizing jackknife and bootstrap to understand tensile stress to failure of an epoxy resin	4
Quality 4.0: Learning quality control, the evolution of SQC/SPC	4
Question, plan, data, Analysis, and Conclusion (QPDAC): A tutorial	4
Simultaneous tolerance intervals for response surface designs	4
A conversation with Ron Snee	4

Letter to the Editor	4
Process Analytical Technology, continuous manufacturing, and the development of a surrogate model for dissolution: a pharmaceutical manufacturing statistical engineering case study	4
Two-level D-optimal designs for run sizes that are one less than a multiple of four	4
Hidden dimensions of the data: PCA vs autoencoders	4
A hierarchical model-based method for wafer level virtual metrology under process information deficiency	4
Simultaneous monitoring of the mean vector and covariance matrix of multivariate multiple linear profiles with a new adaptive Shewhart-type control chart	4
Availability and cost models for sequentially inspected systems with dependent catastrophic and soft failures	4
How generative AI models such as ChatGPT can be (mis)used in SPC practice, education, and research? An exploratory study	3
Efficient ARL estimation for general control charts using censored run lengths	3
Monitoring count data without a Phase I study: A Poisson case on industrial printers	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
A class of response surface split-plot designs	3
Nonparametric control limits incorporating exceedance probability criterion for statistical process monitoring with commonly employed small to moderate sample sizes	3
Confronting experimental error in industrial DOE: A fresh look	3
Improvement projects with an environmental focus: A novel approach for prioritization	3
On efficient change point detection using a step cumulative sum control chart	3
DR-AIR: A data repository bridging the research gap in AI reliability	3
Automated, rapid, and convergent hyperparameter optimizer (ARCH) for neural network classifiers	3
A life extrapolation model using accelerated equivalent luminance and its application	3
Deep reinforcement learning for maintenance optimization of multi-component production systems considering quality and production plan	3
Response to the letter by Professors Woodall and Knoth	3
Sequential Bayesian assurance tests for degradation data	2
Modernizing full posterior inference for surrogate modeling of categorical-output simulation experiments	2
Contextual anomaly detection for multivariate time series data	2
Correction	2
A control chart for monitoring images using jump location curves	2
Particle swarm exchange algorithms with applications in generating optimal model-discrimination designs	2
Semiparametric approach for dual-response robust design with complex two-factor interactions	2
Control charting with interval-valued data	2
Discussion on “statistical solutions for interdisciplinary problem-solving”	2
A high dimensional functional time series approach to evolution outlier detection for grouped smart meters	2
A conversation with William Q. Meeker	2
Hybrid fault diagnostics and prognostics system development for motor bearings health monitoring	2
Quality process reengineering in industry 4.0: A BPR perspective	2
A reliability prediction method considering degradation self-acceleration effect in DC-link electrolytic capacitor	2
Leveraging what you know: Versatile space-filling designs	2
Correction	1
A model for failure-time data with two dependent failure modes and prediction of future failures	1
Reliability-based optimization of imperfect preventive maintenance with Bayesian estimation	1
Gage R&R studies in measurement system analysis: A systematic literature review	1
Testing the prediction profiler with disallowed combinations—A statistical engineering case study	1
On nominal data gauge R & R studies	1
The future of statistics in an AI era*	1
Discussion of “Industrial process analytics: Multiscale approaches for integrating process knowledge and data induction for improving industrial processes and products”	1
A case study: Eliminating nuisance within-part variation in assessing a measurement system	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
Simultaneous classification and out-of-distribution detection for wafer bin maps	1
Developing a cost-efficient dual sampling system for lot disposition by considering process yield and quality loss	1
Early fault diagnosis based on reinforcement learning optimized-SVM model with vibration-monitored signals	1
A critical assessment of neutrosophic statistical methods	1
Step-stress tests for interval-censored data under gamma lifetime distribution	1
Redefining software reliability modeling: embracing fault-dependency, imperfect removal, and maximum fault considerations	1
Power guidelines for process monitoring	1
Optimal split-plot order-of-addition designs	1
Mutual combination of selected principles and technologies of Industry 4.0 and quality management methods - case study	1
A new incapability index for simple linear profile with asymmetric tolerances	1
Case study on applying sequential analyses in operational testing	1
Optimal design of a two-point variables skip-lot sampling plan with Taguchi capability index	1
Optimal diagnosis interval for online quality control methods	1
Cautious parameter learning for a joint mean and variance monitoring CUSUM scheme with guaranteed in-control performance	1
A conversation with Ronald J.M.M. Does	1
Assessing counting systems using a gold standard or a true count	1
MR-RF: A robust data mining method for multiresponse optimization using a random forest	1
Real-time monitoring for Plateau lake expanding based on EWMA and UNet image segmentation	1
Improving laser welding penetration depth process capability for automotive seat adjusters	1
Mixed-type defect pattern recognition in noisy labeled wafer bin maps	1
On the construction of saturated split-plot designs for quadratic response surface models	1
Correction	1
Statistical inference in Burr type XII lifetime model based on progressive randomly censored data	1
A comparative study for parameter estimation of the Weibull distribution in a small sample size: An application to spring fatigue failure data	1
A latent process approach to change-point detection of mixed-type observations	1
A hybrid machine learning approach for predicting short production stoppages	1
A study of attribute control charts for censored lifetime data	1
Statistical engineering – Part 1: Past and present	1
Optimal design of time-between-event control charts with parameter estimation	1
Optimal designing of skip-lot sampling plan with a provision for reducing the normal inspection using the Taguchi process capability index	1