| Article ID: | iaor19911448 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 913 |
| End Page Number: | 926 |
| Publication Date: | May 1991 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Raz T. |
Four measures of inspection performance based on Shannon’s measure of information are introduced: mutual information, fraction of uncertainty removed, channel capacity, and operating ratios. The measures are applicable in cases when quantitative estimates of the consequence of inspection error are not available. Several examples of the application of these measures to various inspection evaluation, selection and sequencing problems are provided.