About this journal

Quality Technology and Quantitative Management is an international refereed journal publishing original work in quality, reliability, queuing service systems, applied statistics (including methodology, data analysis, simulation), and their applications in business and industrial management. The journal publishes both theoretical and applied research articles using statistical methods or presenting new results, which solve or have the potential to solve real-world management problems. Survey articles are welcomed provided they cover important broad fields.

Peer Review Policy
All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.

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Editor-in-Chief:
Chien-Wei Wu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Founding Editor:
W. L. Pearn, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Managing Editors:
Amy H. I. Lee, Chung Hua University, Taiwan

Advisory Editors:
Barry C. Arnold, University of California, Riverside, USA
Lai Kow Chan, Macau University of Science and Technology, China
Smiley W. Cheng, University of Manitoba, Canada
Youn-Min Chou, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Kailash C. Kapur, University of Washington, USA
Ron S. Kenett, KPA Ltd. , Israel and University of Torino, Italy
Way Kuo, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
William Q. Meeker, Iowa State University, USA
Douglas C. Montgomery, Arizona State University, USA
W. L. Pearn, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Sheldon M. Ross, University of Southern California, USA
Andras Schubert, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Jianjun Shi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Jef L. Teugels, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
George C. Tiao, University of Chicago, USA
Michael Tortorella, Rutgers University, USA
Vladimir M. Zolotarev, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Associate Editor:
Ron Bates, London School of Economics, London, UK
John Braun, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Philippe Castagliola, Université de Nantes, France
Giovanni Celano, University of Catania, Italy
Gemai Chen, University of Calgary, Canada
Lirong Cui, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Ronald J.M.M. Does, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Elsayed A. Elsayed, Rutgers University, USA
Roberto Furlan, Kantar Health, UK
Rainer Göb, University of Würzburg, Germany
Mengqi Hu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Taizhong Hu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Qingpei Hu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ying Hung, Rutgers University, USA
Jau Chuan Ke, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Alan Kimber, University of Southampton, UK
Ming Liang, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Haitao Liao, University of Arizona, USA
Jing Li, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Yi-Kuei Lin, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Francisco Louzada, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Petros Maravelakis, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
Rassoul Noorossana, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
W. L. Pearn, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Maurice Pillet, University of Savoie, France
Edward A. Pohl, University of Arkansas, USA
Alan Polansky, Northern Illinois University, USA
M. F. Ramalhoto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Ming-Hung Shu, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
David M. Steinberg, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Fred Spiring, University of Manitoba, Canada
Xavier Tort-Martorell, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Sheng-Tsaing Tseng, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Fugee Tsung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
John Tyssedal, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Kaibo Wang, Tsinghua University, China
Aleksander Weron, University of Technology, Poland
Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hui Yang, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Executive Editors:
Smiley W. Cheng, University of Manitoba, Canada
W. L. Pearn, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Production Editors:
Y. C. Chang, Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Y. T. Tai, Kainan University, Taiwan

Past Editors-in-Chief:
2004-2006 Samuel Kotz, W. L. Pearn, Evdokia Xekalaki
2007-2009 Ron S. Kenett, Fred Spiring, Min Xie
2010-2012 Philippe Castagliola, Gemai Chen, Fugee Tsung
2013-2015 Elsayed A. Elsayed, M. F. Ramalhoto, Chien-Wei Wu
2016-2018 Chien-Wei Wu, António Pacheco, Jing Li
2019-2021 Chien-Wei Wu, Jing Li