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Out-of-control signals in three-part compositional T2 control chart

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nterpretation of out-of-control signals in multivariate control charts is a persistent problem. Identifying the variables contributing to the signal is of crucial importance for process control. Both procedures turn out to be more complicated when observations are compositions (variables adding to a constant sum). Compositional T-2 control chart (TC2) is suitable for monitoring compositions because it is based on a transformation of the data, which moves it from restricted to real space. This paper proposes a method for interpreting the out-of-control signals of the TC2 control chart for three-part compositions on the basis of an appropriate selection of the transformation. An example of industrial application illustrates the introduced techniques

This work has been partially financed by the Agencia de Gestio d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Ref: 2009SGR424) and by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Ref: MTM2012-33236 and Ref: MTM2009-13272). The authors wish to thank the Universitat de Girona for the grant given to Marina Vives-Mestres during her PhD studies (BR2011/66)

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