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PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES AND NON-NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Steven E. Somerville TRW Safety Systems, Mesa, Arizona, 85015
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Douglas C. Montgomery Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Box 875906, Tempe, Arizona, 85287-5906
Pages 305-316 | Published online: 19 Oct 2007

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