A new mixed acceptance sampling plan based on sudden death testing under the Weibull distribution

Abstract

In this article, a new mixed sampling plan based on the group sampling plan and sudden death testing scheme is proposed by assuming that the lifetime of the product follows the Weibull distribution. The optimal parameters of the proposed plan will be determined such that the producer's risk and consumer's risk are satisfied for specified values of acceptable and limiting quality levels. The proposed plan is compared with the existing group acceptance sampling plan and variable single sampling plan based on sudden death testing. The tables are provided and examples are also given to illustrate the proposed plan.