MULTIVARIATE ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING PROCEDURES FOR GENERAL SPECIFICATION ELLIPSOIDS.

The multivariate acceptance sampling problem is discussed and a solution for a particular sub-class of the general problem developed. This is where the related quality variables have a multivariate normal distribution with known covariance matrix, and where the specification region may be set in the form of a general ellipsoid. Single sampling acceptance procedures by variables for fraction defective are developed. Methods are given for determining the sample size n and acceptance number c so as to achieve desired operating characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]