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	نمودار کنترل با کمک شبیه‌سازی	سیکس سیگما DMAIC
حوزه	طراحی آزمایش	مدیریت کیفیت
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	1920s (control charts); simulation integration from 1980s–1990s	2014
پدیدآور	Walter A. Shewhart (control charts); simulation integration developed through work of W.H. Woodall, D.C. Montgomery and collaborators	Motorola; Pyzdek & Keller
نوع	Hybrid quality monitoring method	Structured process improvement methodology
منبع بنیادین	Woodall, W. H., & Montgomery, D. C. (1999). Research issues and ideas in statistical process control. Journal of Quality Technology, 31(4), 376–386.	Pyzdek, T., & Keller, P. (2014). The Six Sigma Handbook (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-184053-9
نام‌های دیگر	simulation-based SPC, Monte Carlo control chart design, simulation-enhanced SPC, virtual control chart	DMAIC Framework, Six Sigma Process Improvement Cycle, Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control, Altı Sigma DMAIC
مرتبط	6	3
خلاصه	Simulation-assisted control chart integrates Monte Carlo or discrete-event simulation with traditional Shewhart-type control charting to design, validate, and optimize chart parameters before deployment on a real process. Rather than relying solely on assumed distributional forms, the practitioner builds a simulation model of the process, generates virtual data under in-control and out-of-control scenarios, and uses these runs to calibrate control limits, estimate average run length (ARL), and stress-test chart sensitivity — all without interrupting production.	Six Sigma DMAIC is a data-driven, five-phase process improvement methodology — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control — used to reduce defects and process variation to fewer than 3.4 defects per million opportunities. Originating at Motorola in the 1980s and systematized by practitioners including Pyzdek and Keller, it is widely adopted in manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and service industries seeking sustained quality gains.