Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and ...

In designing single sampling inspection plans, a problem is to find the acceptance number, c, and the smallest sample size, n, such that if the fraction defective of the material inspected is equal to ...

The system of controls in Canada for fish sent to Europe has the potential to work well but an assessment has revealed a low frequency of sampling and inspections reduces its effectiveness. An audit ...

FOR about twenty years, statistical methods have been finding their way into the control of industrial processes. In the 1920's only slow progress was made against a great deal of doubt and opposition ...

Raw material identification and verification (RMID) is a very complicated procedure for a very important reason: it affirms the caliber of raw materials employed in fabricating items destined for use ...

Run-related distributions are frequently encountered in sampling inspection in the application of stopping rules for different phases of sampling. In many cases the generating function of these ...

Dr. Wang Yu, Professor, Jiangsu Institute of Food & Drug control, China, talks to AZoM about the importance of raw material identification in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry and the benefits ...