| Article ID: | iaor20123883 |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 187 |
| End Page Number: | 199 |
| Publication Date: | May 2012 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Booth David E, Shah Vijay |
| Keywords: | control processes |
For the development of computer‐based statistical process control, it would be useful to have an algorithm that performs the work of a Shewhart control chart without actually having to construct such a chart. In this paper, we test the use of fractal dimension, an algorithm to track 'out of control' states and find it to be moderately successful.