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ISEN 614. Advanced Quality Control


(The following description was used when this course was taught during the 2007 Semester.  There will likely be differences in the instructor, textbook, and/or outline the next time the course is taught.)

Instructor: Dr. Yu Ding ,

Reference Books

On multivariate monitoring: R. A. Johnson, R. A., and D. W. Wichern (2001). Applied Multivariate Statistical Analysis (5 th Edition) , Upper Saddle River , NJ : Prentice Hall.

On statistical process control : D. C. Montgomery (2003). Introduction to Statistical Quality Control (5 rd Edition). New York City : John Wily and Sons.

On scan statistics : J. Glaz, J. Naus, and S. Wallenstein (2001). Scan Statistics , New York City : Springer.

Useful software : MATLAB and R (freeware).

Description:  Fundamental methods about anomaly and change detection in a process or an environment. Methods covered include the univariate and multivariate analysis for continuous and discrete data, the data pre-analysis methods (such as dimension reduction), and the scan statistics. Methods of anomaly and change detection find themselves in a broad spectrum of applications, including manufacturing quality control, health care delivery, as well as homeland security.

Course Topics

Preferred Background