![Sample our Engineering & Technology journals, sign in here to start your access, latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5933/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Engineering-Tech.jpg"})
Abstract
In continuous production processes, where items are produced sequentially, the application of a continuous sampling inspection technique for the purpose of controlling or maintaining quality is sometimes more effective than the application of other types of techniques, such as lot-by-lot sampling inspection. In this article, a multilevel continuous sampling procedure is devised. Its long-run statistical properties, the AOQ function and AFI function, are derived by demonstrating the operation of the procedure as a finite Markov chain. This procedure is presented with the change in sampling rates in both geometric and arithmetic progression. Two initial sampling rates are given as 1/2 and 1/3. The flow process chart, some tables of AOQ and AFI functions, and the tables of the relevant parameters which yield a specified AOQL are presented to facilitate the application of these plans.