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	การวิเคราะห์ความสามารถของกระบวนการโดยใช้การจำลอง	การวิเคราะห์ความสามารถของกระบวนการ (Cp, Cpk)
สาขาวิชา	การออกแบบการทดลอง	สถิติศาสตร์
ตระกูล	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
ปีกำเนิด	1980s–1990s (mature practice by mid-1990s)	1986
ผู้ริเริ่ม	Developed through integration of Monte Carlo simulation with classical capability indices (Juran, Kane, Kotz and colleagues)	Victor Kane
ประเภท	Quantitative engineering quality method	Quantitative process evaluation index
แหล่งต้นตำรับ	Kotz, S., & Lovelace, C. R. (1998). Process Capability Indices in Theory and Practice. Arnold. ISBN: 978-0340691281	Kane, V. E. (1986). Process capability indices. Journal of Quality Technology, 18(1), 41–52.
ชื่อเรียกอื่น	Monte Carlo process capability, simulation-based Cpk analysis, stochastic capability analysis, virtual process capability study	Process Capability Indices, Capability Study, Süreç Yeterlilik Analizi, Process Performance Analysis
ที่เกี่ยวข้อง	6	2
สรุป	Simulation-assisted process capability analysis combines Monte Carlo simulation with classical capability indices (Cp, Cpk, Cpm) to evaluate whether a process can consistently meet specification limits when direct measurement is costly, dangerous, or impractical. By propagating input distributions through a process model, the analyst obtains a simulated output distribution and derives capability metrics without waiting for physical production runs. The approach is especially valuable during product design, process scale-up, and tolerance stack-up studies.	Process Capability Analysis quantifies how well a manufacturing or business process produces output within specified tolerance limits. Introduced formally by Victor Kane in 1986, it summarises process spread and centering into dimensionless indices — most notably Cp and Cpk — allowing engineers and quality managers to judge whether a stable process is inherently capable of meeting customer or design specifications consistently.