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Acceptance Sampling Plans

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Results for reliability/acceptance sampling plans based on progressively Type-II censored data are reviewed. This includes results for exponential, Weibull, and log-normal lifetimes. Furthermore, capability indices are discussed.

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  2. Institute of Statistics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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Balakrishnan, N., Cramer, E. (2014). Acceptance Sampling Plans. In: The Art of Progressive Censoring. Statistics for Industry and Technology. Birkhäuser, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4807-7_22

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