Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function
Abstract Statistical Process Control (SPC) plays a vital role in maintaining quality and reducing variability in manufacturing processes. Among SPC techniques, the Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) stands out for its ability to detect small process shifts quickly, making it a valuable too...
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| author | Mohammad M. Hamasha Mohammed S. Obeidat Khalid Alzoubi Ghada Shawaheen Ahmad Mayyas Hesham A. Almomani Akram Al-Sukkar Adnan Mukkatash |
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| description | Abstract Statistical Process Control (SPC) plays a vital role in maintaining quality and reducing variability in manufacturing processes. Among SPC techniques, the Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) stands out for its ability to detect small process shifts quickly, making it a valuable tool in ensuring product consistency and preventing quality issues. EWMA constructs control charts to monitor process mean shifts, tracks product/service quality by identifying variations, and monitors manufacturing process parameters for early detection of deviations and necessary adjustments. EWMA control chart has been proposed as an alternative to the Shewhart control chart. Sequential measurements are processed using the EWMA function before being placed on the control chart. One of the crucial concerns about the EWMA control chart is the asymmetry of the data around the mean. Although processing with the EWMA function reduces data skewness, the problem of asymmetric data may not be solved. The control chart is designed to leave in front of the upper control limit (UCL) α/2 of the data and behind the lower control limit (LCL) another α/2 of the data, and this does not occur in the case of symmetric data. α/2 represents the significance level for each tail in a two-tailed hypothesis test, indicating the probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis for each side of the distribution. Since many of the distributions in real life can be approximated by the Gamma distribution, the Gamma distribution was adopted in this study. The Monte Carlo simulation methodology was implemented to generate Gamma distributed data, process it with EWMA function and assess the skewness and kurtosis. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of EWMA parameters on the performance of the EWMA control chart. Moreover, it focuses on skewness and kurtosis reduction after data processing using the EWMA function. The findings help researchers and practitioners to select the best parameters. Further, the research investigates the effect of EWMA parameter on the shape of distribution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-636a39b1e025457d95dcf67ada48d4042023-11-26T13:10:43ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222023-09-0113111310.1038/s41598-023-39763-6Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA functionMohammad M. Hamasha0Mohammed S. Obeidat1Khalid Alzoubi2Ghada Shawaheen3Ahmad Mayyas4Hesham A. Almomani5Akram Al-Sukkar6Adnan Mukkatash7Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite UniversityDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite UniversityDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Khalifa UniversityDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite UniversityDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite UniversityDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The Hashemite UniversityAbstract Statistical Process Control (SPC) plays a vital role in maintaining quality and reducing variability in manufacturing processes. Among SPC techniques, the Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) stands out for its ability to detect small process shifts quickly, making it a valuable tool in ensuring product consistency and preventing quality issues. EWMA constructs control charts to monitor process mean shifts, tracks product/service quality by identifying variations, and monitors manufacturing process parameters for early detection of deviations and necessary adjustments. EWMA control chart has been proposed as an alternative to the Shewhart control chart. Sequential measurements are processed using the EWMA function before being placed on the control chart. One of the crucial concerns about the EWMA control chart is the asymmetry of the data around the mean. Although processing with the EWMA function reduces data skewness, the problem of asymmetric data may not be solved. The control chart is designed to leave in front of the upper control limit (UCL) α/2 of the data and behind the lower control limit (LCL) another α/2 of the data, and this does not occur in the case of symmetric data. α/2 represents the significance level for each tail in a two-tailed hypothesis test, indicating the probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis for each side of the distribution. Since many of the distributions in real life can be approximated by the Gamma distribution, the Gamma distribution was adopted in this study. The Monte Carlo simulation methodology was implemented to generate Gamma distributed data, process it with EWMA function and assess the skewness and kurtosis. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of EWMA parameters on the performance of the EWMA control chart. Moreover, it focuses on skewness and kurtosis reduction after data processing using the EWMA function. The findings help researchers and practitioners to select the best parameters. Further, the research investigates the effect of EWMA parameter on the shape of distribution.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39763-6 |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad M. Hamasha Mohammed S. Obeidat Khalid Alzoubi Ghada Shawaheen Ahmad Mayyas Hesham A. Almomani Akram Al-Sukkar Adnan Mukkatash Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function Scientific Reports |
| title | Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function |
| title_full | Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function |
| title_fullStr | Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function |
| title_full_unstemmed | Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function |
| title_short | Symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with EWMA function |
| title_sort | symmetry of gamma distribution data about the mean after processing with ewma function |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39763-6 |
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