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independence and mutually exclusive occurrences of defect types. And therefore, the same<br />
expression for cost functions can be used in both the situations under Poisson conditions.<br />
Moreover this expression can also be used as an exact form, in case we count the number of<br />
defects per item for each characteristic and assume that the number of defects for r distinct<br />
characteristics in a unit are indepedently distributed. Our purpose is to focus on relative<br />
merits of alternative <strong>acceptance</strong> criteria, we therefore choose the general models developed<br />
in Majumdar (1980, 1990, 1997).<br />
0.5.2.2 Chapter 2: The expected cost model for discrete prior distributions<br />
By Bayesian <strong>plans</strong> we understand the <strong>plans</strong> obtained by minimizing average cost which has<br />
three identifiable components viz. inspection cost, <strong>acceptance</strong> cost and rejection cost. For<br />
these <strong>plans</strong> the process average vector is taken to be a random variable. In our present<br />
context the prior distribution ( i.e. the distribution of process average) is the expected<br />
distribution of lot quality vector on which the <strong>sampling</strong> plan is going to operate. For the<br />
multiattribute Bayesian <strong>plans</strong> considered by others the process average for each attribute is<br />
assumed to follow a beta distribution so that the lot quality distribution for each attribute<br />
follows a beta binomial. Thus, in a situation when defect occurrences are jointly independent<br />
the product of individual beta distributions is chosen as an apprpriate prior. Even<br />
when the prior seems to be quite appropriate the process will occasionally go out of control<br />
and some lots of poorer quality will be produced before the process gets corrected. Such a<br />
situation can be modelled satisfactorily by a beta prior with outliers. On the other hand the<br />
Dodge-Romig’s models which have been based on a one point prior with outliers can also be<br />
extended to the multiattribute case.<br />
As an alternative to these models, consider that the process average is a random variable<br />
which may take on two values, a satisfactory and an unsatisfactory quality level with given<br />
probabilities. This two point prior may also be considered as a simplification of the models<br />
discussed before, since the model accommodates in a way the outliers which might also be<br />
present. Hald (1981) emphasized that the distribution of lot quality derived from the past<br />
inspection records, should be used taking into account the information of normal quality<br />
variations. He pointed out that “It is a peculiar fact that published data regarding quality<br />
variations are very scarce even if enormous amounts must exist in inspection records.” For<br />
the multiattribute case we observed in a number of real life situations that when the process<br />
performs at an unsatisfactory level it generally happens (e.g.for a manufacturing operation)<br />
that the quality level is poor for all the attributes.<br />
In this chapter we have presented one such set of data for a manufacturing process viz. RS<br />
closures in a factory engaged in manufacturing of containers. On the spot observations are<br />
made using a p chart as data format on two attributes. In a typical scenario, one observes<br />
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