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Biometrika 1972 59(3):539-549; doi:10.1093/biomet/59.3.539
© 1972 by Biometrika Trust
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An approach to the probability distribution of cusum run length

D. BROOK and D. A. EVANS

University of Newcastle upon Tyne

The classical method of studying a cumulative sum control scheme of the decision interval type has been to regard the scheme as a sequence of sequential tests, to determine the average sample number for these component tests and hence to study the average run length for the scheme. A different approach in which the operation of the scheme is regarded as forming a Markov chain is set out. The transition probability matrix for this chain is obtained and then the properties of this matrix used to determine not only the average run lengths for the scheme, but also moments and percentage points of the run-length distribution and exact probabilities of run length. The method may be used with any discrete distribution and also, as an accurate approximation, with any continuous distribution for the random variable which is to be controlled. Examples are given for the cases of a Poisson random variable and a normal random variable.

Key Words: Cumulative sum charts • Decision interval schemes • Markov chain applications • Convergence to limiting distributions • Maximum eigenvalue of stochastic matrix • Run-length distribution • Robustness of average run length • Industrial inspection


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