Multivariate Control Chart based on Neutrosophic Hotelling T2 Statistics and Its Application

Abstract

Under classical statistics Hotelling 〖 T〗^2 control chart is applied when the observations of quality characteristics are precise, exact, or crips data. However, in reality, under uncertain conditions, the observations are not necessarily precise, exact, or indeterminacy. As a consequence, the classical Hotelling〖 T〗^2control chart is not appropriate to monitor the process for this condition. To tackle this situation, we proposed new Hotelling 〖 T〗^2 monitoring scheme based on a fuzzy neutrosophic concept. Neutrosophic is the generalization of fuzzy. It is used to handle uncertainty using indeterminacy. The combination of statistics based on neutrosophic Hotelling 〖 T〗^2 and classical Hotelling 〖 T〗^2 control chart will be proposed to tackle indeterminacy observations. The proposed Hotelling 〖 T〗^2 statistics, its call neutrosophic Hotelling 〖 T〗^2 (T_N^2 ) control chart. This chart involves the indeterminacy of observations, its call neutrosophic data and will be expressed in the indeterminacy interval. T_N^2 control charts consist T_N^2 lower chart and T_N^2 upper chart. In this paper, the neutrosophic Hotelling T^2will be applied to individual observations of glass production and will be compared by using classical Hotelling T^2 control chart. Based on T_N^2 control charts of glass production, nine points fall outside of 〖UCL〗_N of lower control chart and 24 points outside from 〖UCL〗_N  of upper control chart. Whereas using classical Hotelling T^2 control chart, just one point outside frim UCL. From the comparison, it concluded that the neutrosophic Hotelling T^2 control chart is more suitable for the indeterminacy of observations.