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Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods Volume 29, 2000 - Issue 11
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Estimating capability index cpk for processes with asymmetric tolerances

W. L. Pearn Department of Industrial Engineering & Management, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROCView further author information
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G. H. Lin Department of Telecommunication Engineering, National Penghu Institute of Technology, Penghu, Taiwan, ROC
Pages 2593-2604 | Received 01 May 1998, Published online: 23 Jul 2008

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