I think it should be possible, but I'm not sure if this is the answer or not. I was thinking about how something along the lines of the complex plane (or vectors/trig) could be used to identify grouping of a positional tolerance based on its quadrant within a unit circle, and then could be used to calculate Cpk. It's not unheard of. The
normal distribution of a multivariate system is calculable, so why wouldn't a statistic that is related to the normal distribution in 1 variable work for higher dimensions?
I'm thinking that there must be a way to calculate the variance of position based on the the quadrant it falls in. Whether it's a trigonometric function, or a complex function.
Anyone have any input as I dive into this blackhole?
Curiosity killed the cat, hopefully I'm not a cat.
Woah, Annex C (pg 24-28) of the Volvo Standard is very interesting. I wouldn't have ever come up with something like that. How they are calculating Cp and Cpk is really cool. Now to figure out how to do these calculations in Excel.
Woah, Annex C (pg 24-28) of the Volvo Standard is very interesting. I wouldn't have ever come up with something like that. How they are calculating Cp and Cpk is really cool. Now to figure out how to do these calculations in Excel.