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This paper deals with the problem of joint determination of the optimal process mean and the production run for a process. It extends the Quality Selection problem to production systems in which the process mean (target) shifts to an outof-control state due to an assignable cause. The problem has been validated using various exan~ples. Moreover, results indicate that an inverse relationship exists for the length of production run and the difference expected profit between in-control state and out-of-control state.

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