International Journal of Quality Innovation

Korean Society for Quality Management (한국품질경영학회)
권호 표지

Statistical Diagnosis(SPD) for Control of SARS Epidemic Situation of Beijing

  • Zhang, Gongxu (Beijing University of Science ＆ Technology) ;
  • Sun, Jing (School of Economics ＆ Management, Tsinghua University)
  • Published : 2003.06.01
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Under the strong leadership of Chinese Government to the anti-SARS struggle, the situation has been successfully controlled. Since May 1 of 2003, the Ministry of Health of China published daily the number of newly increased SARS patient of Beijing, the authors analyzed these data using $X_cs$$-R_scs$ cause-selecting control charts of Statistical Diagnosis(SPD) Theory. Data about number of newly increased SARS patient consists of two kinds of variation: random variation and tendency variation of SARS epidemic. It is concluded that SARS epidemic of Beijing was already controlled since May 9 of 2003.

Keywords

References

  1. Zhang, Gongxu, 1984, 'Cause-Selecting Control Chart, Theory and Practice', Beijing Publisher of People's Telecommunications, written in Chinese. This book had been awarded the Chinese national Scientific and Technological Prize with the scientific program of 'Control Charts Diagnosis' together in 1987
  2. Zhang, Gongxu, 1992, 'Cause Selecting Control Chart and Diagnosis', The Aarhus Graduate School of Business, Aarhus, Denmark, Book No: ISBN 87-89695-08-9, written in English
  3. Zhang, Gongxu, 2001, 'Diagnostic Theory with Two Kinds of Quality and Its Applications', Beijing Sciences Publisher, written in Chinese. This book is published under the support of Chinese National Fund of Natural Science
  4. Sun, Jing, 2001, 'Quality Control of Near Zero Non conformity Process', Publisher of Tsinghua University, written in Chinese. This book is published under the support of Chinese National Fund of Natural Science