MULTIVARIATE ROBUST MONITORING OF PLASTIC WASTE QUALITY USING PCA-BAYESIAN MEWMA CONTROL CHART
Abstract
Quality control is essential for ensuring manufacturing processes consistently meet predefined specifications and for minimizing the risks caused by process deviations. The MEWMA control chart is widely used for detecting small shifts in multivariate processes which does not require strict multivariate normality but the performance can be compromised when data contain outliers or high multicollinearity that commonly found in plastic waste processing. This study proposes a robust monitoring approach by integrating PCA to address multicollinearity, Bayesian estimation to improve parameter robustness. The four charts examined in this study are PCA-Bayesian MEWMA (SELF), PCA-Bayesian MEWMA (MSELF), PCA-Bayesian MEWMA (KLF), and PCA-MEWMA using Bootstrap control limit as comparison. These charts are evaluated across 324 simulated scenarios, varying in collinearity levels (0.2, 0.6, 0.95), sample sizes (10, 20, 30), outlier proportions (5%, 10%, 15%), and smoothing parameters (λ = 0.2, 0.5, 0.8). Performance is measured using Average Run Length (ARL), Standard Deviation of Run Length (SDRL), Median Run Length (MRL), and False Alarm Rate (FAR). Results indicate that the PCA-Bayesian MEWMA outperformed PCA-MEWMA using Bootstrap control limit. PCA-Bayesian MEWMA (SELF) excelled under clean data condition, whereas PCA-Bayesian (MSELF) provided stable detection under high correlation, moderate-to-high outlier contamination, and larger smoothing parameters, achieving an average ARL of 3.44, an SDRL of 0.58, an MRL of 3.46, and FAR of 0.03, making it well-suited for monitoring complex industrial plastic waste processes and demonstrating its effectiveness for robust quality monitoring in production.
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