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title: "Numerical validation against the methodological literature"
author: "Flavio Barros and contributors"
date: "`r Sys.Date()`"
output: rmarkdown::html_vignette
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```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>",
  fig.width = 7,
  fig.height = 5
)
library(IQCC)
```

# Validation protocol {#protocol}

Unit tests measure whether code satisfies its contracts; scientific validation
answers a different question: whether the implemented statistics reproduce the
results that motivated them. IQCC's validation records, for every numerical
fit, the provenance of the published value, the parametrization used, the
calculated value, and the ratio of the absolute discrepancy to an explicit
tolerance.

Discrepancies are judged against a tolerance of half a unit in the last
published decimal place by default. A small number of cells whose published
value rounds from an independent calculation to within one unit of the last
decimal instead receive an explicitly documented one-unit exception (for
example the p-chart, DS-np, R-chart and generalized-variance borderline cells
listed in the corresponding tests). Every exception is recorded per cell in
the provenance, and no tolerance is widened beyond one unit of the last
printed decimal. Tolerances are propagated through transformations that scale
them linearly. Two failure modes are kept distinct: numerical error (which is
controlled and machine-checkable) and Monte Carlo error (which is statistical
and shrinks only with more draws). When a publication's parametrization is
ambiguous and cannot be settled from the source text, the package stops rather
than silently choosing a convention.

Every result below is classified with one of these evidence labels:

| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `published_table` | Value transcribed from a published table, figure, or equation |
| `independent_derivation` | Result recomputed through a separate mathematical route |
| `exact_discrete` | Exact sum or CDF of the discrete distribution |
| `numerical_exact_distribution` | Exact mathematical distribution evaluated numerically with controlled error |
| `monte_carlo` | Simulated estimate with explicit seed and uncertainty |
| `property_test` | Monotonicity, invariance, API equivalence, or another property |
| `partial_reproduction` | Source insufficient for a complete reconstruction |

The vignette never runs `testthat`; it calls the public API and builds its own
evidence tables from the same fixtures used by the test suite.

# Corrected p chart {#pchart}

**Source and objective.** Joekes, S. and Barbosa, E. P. (2013). An improved
attribute control chart for monitoring non-conforming proportion in high
quality processes. *Control Engineering Practice*, 21, 407-412.
doi:10.1016/j.conengprac.2012.12.005.

**Parametrization.** Binomial data with in-control proportion `p`, subgroup
size `n`, nominal two-sided risk `alpha = 0.0027`. Limits are computed on the
original proportion scale by the normal approximation, the first
Cornish-Fisher correction (`cf1`), or the second (`cf2`); the actual false
alarm is evaluated by exact binomial tail sums. The pooled estimator replaces
the unweighted mean when subgroup sizes differ.

The shared published fixtures live in
`inst/extdata/validation/p_chart_joekes_barbosa_2013.csv`; the vignette reads
them with `system.file()` and recomputes the limits through the public API.

```{r pchart-make-table}
p_fixtures <- read.csv(
  system.file("extdata", "validation",
              "p_chart_joekes_barbosa_2013.csv",
              package = "IQCC"),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
p_out <- do.call(rbind, lapply(seq_len(nrow(p_fixtures)), function(i) {
  f <- p_fixtures[i, ]
  lim <- pchart_limits(p = f$p, n = f$n, type = f$method)
  data.frame(
    table = f$table,
    method = f$method,
    n = f$n,
    p = f$p,
    published_ucl = f$published_ucl,
    calculated_ucl = round(lim$ucl, 4),
    ucl_ratio = round(abs(lim$ucl - f$published_ucl) / f$tol_ucl, 3),
    evidence_type = f$evidence_type
  )
}))
p_out
```

The exact binomial risk evaluation reproduces the published conditional
risks of Tables 2 and 3 with tolerance ratio at most one. The maximum observed
`ucl_ratio` across the six fixture cells is
`r sprintf("%.2f", max(p_out$ucl_ratio))`, within the half-unit-in-last-decimal
convention of the source.

**Practical orientation.** Use `cf2` when `n p (1 - p)` is small enough that
the discrete and skewed binomial cannot be trusted to a normal limit; the
exact risk function `pchart_alpha_risk()` reports what the chosen limits
actually achieve.

# Exact range chart {#rchart}

**Source and objective.** Barbosa, E. P., Gneri, M. A. and Meneguetti, A.
(2013). Range Control Charts Revisited: Simpler Tippett-like Formulae, Its
Practical Implementation, and the Study of False Alarm. *Communications in
Statistics - Simulation and Computation*, 42(2), 247-262.
doi:10.1080/03610918.2011.639967.

**Parametrization.** The relative range `W = R / sigma` has the Studentized
range distribution. Exact probability limits use the quantiles
`qtukey(alpha/2, n, Inf)` and `qtukey(1 - alpha/2, n, Inf)`. The publication's
Tables 1a and 1b report the false-alarm risk of the normal-approximation chart
whose limits are `d2 +/- z d3` with `z = 3` (alpha0 = 0.0027) and `z = 3.09`
(alpha0 = 0.0020); the source text states that the second table substitutes
3.09 for 3.

```{r rchart-make-table}
# Representative Table 2 rows (all 54 quantiles are covered by the suite;
# three rows are reproduced here as an executable summary).
r_probs <- c(0.0010, 0.00135, 0.9980, 0.9973, 0.9990, 0.99865)
r_published <- rbind(
  `2` = c(0.00177, 0.00239, 4.37025, 4.24261, 4.65351, 4.53274),
  `5` = c(0.36739, 0.39653, 5.23478, 5.12314, 5.48375, 5.37740),
  `10` = c(1.08458, 1.12634, 5.74143, 5.63772, 5.97331, 5.87416)
)
r_out <- data.frame(
  n = rep(c(2L, 5L, 10L), each = length(r_probs)),
  probability = rep(r_probs, 3),
  published = as.vector(t(r_published)),
  calculated = as.vector(mapply(
    qtukey, p = rep(r_probs, 3),
    nmeans = rep(c(2, 5, 10), each = length(r_probs)),
    MoreArgs = list(df = Inf)
  ))
)
r_out$tolerance_ratio <- round(
  abs(r_out$calculated - r_out$published) / 1e-5, 3
)
r_out
```

The `max_tolerance_ratio` of the R-chart suite is
`r sprintf("%.3f", max(r_out$tolerance_ratio))` for the printed five-decimal
quantiles; the constants `d2` and `d3` are additionally validated by an
independent tail-integral route, and the three-sigma risk inflation of Table
1a is reproduced without presenting the percentage columns as primary
fixtures.

# Double-sampling np chart {#dsnp}

**Source and objective.** Joekes, S., Smrekar, M. and Barbosa, E. P. (2015).
Extending a double sampling control chart for non-conforming proportion in
high quality processes to the case of small samples. *Statistical Methodology*,
23, 35-49. doi:10.1016/j.stamet.2014.09.003.

**Parametrization.** Two-stage sampling with first and second sample sizes
`n1`, `n2`, warning line `WL`, first-stage limit `UCL1`, and combined
second-stage limit `UCL2`. Acceptance, signal, and continuation probabilities
are built from independent binomial components; `ASS` uses the published
full-second-sample convention of the article, and a separate curtailed
convention never inflates `ASS`.

```{r dsnp-make-table}
dsnp_fixture <- data.frame(
  row = c(
    "Table 2, p0 = 0.5%, n = 80",
    "Table 2, p0 = 1%, n = 40",
    "Table 3, p0 = 0.5%, n = 80",
    "Table 4, p0 = 0.5%, n = 60"
  ),
  p0 = c(0.005, 0.010, 0.005, 0.005),
  p1 = c(0.0075, 0.0150, 0.010, 0.0075),
  n1 = c(64L, 32L, 65L, 50L),
  n2 = c(271L, 137L, 267L, 242L),
  wl = 1.5,
  ucl1 = c(3.5, 3.5, 3.5, 2.5),
  ucl2 = c(5.5, 5.5, 5.5, 4.5),
  published_arl0 = c(371.19, 371.55, 372.08, 200.04),
  published_arl1 = c(64.00, 63.67, 21.42, 51.35)
)
dsnp_fixture$calculated_arl0 <- vapply(
  seq_len(nrow(dsnp_fixture)),
  function(i) {
    f <- dsnp_fixture[i, ]
    round(dsnp_arl(f$p0, f$n1, f$n2, f$wl, f$ucl1, f$ucl2)$arl, 2)
  },
  numeric(1)
)
dsnp_fixture$calculated_arl1 <- vapply(
  seq_len(nrow(dsnp_fixture)),
  function(i) {
    f <- dsnp_fixture[i, ]
    round(dsnp_arl(f$p1, f$n1, f$n2, f$wl, f$ucl1, f$ucl2)$arl, 2)
  },
  numeric(1)
)
dsnp_fixture$tolerance_ratio <- pmax(
  round(abs(dsnp_fixture$calculated_arl0 - dsnp_fixture$published_arl0) / 0.005, 3),
  round(abs(dsnp_fixture$calculated_arl1 - dsnp_fixture$published_arl1) / 0.005, 3)
)
dsnp_fixture[, c("row", "published_arl0", "calculated_arl0",
                 "published_arl1", "calculated_arl1", "tolerance_ratio")]
```

Nine published design rows across Tables 2, 3 and 4 are reproduced
(`ASS0`, `ARL0`, `ARL1`) with tolerance ratio at most one; independent
binomial component oracles and an exhaustive small-sample enumeration confirm
the production probabilities. `dsnp_design()` recovers a published plan on an
explicitly documented local grid; no global optimum beyond the reported grid
is claimed.

# u chart {#uchart}

**Source and objective.** No dedicated published table specific to the CF
u-chart has been located by the validation work. The Poisson and
Cornish-Fisher derivation is documented in `paper/statistical-foundations.md`,
and the CF1/CF2 limits are validated as an independent derivation from Poisson
cumulants. The shared derivation fixtures live in
`inst/extdata/validation/u_chart_cf_derivation.csv`.

```{r uchart-make-table}
u_fixtures <- read.csv(
  system.file("extdata", "validation",
              "u_chart_cf_derivation.csv",
              package = "IQCC"),
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
u_out <- do.call(rbind, lapply(seq_len(nrow(u_fixtures)), function(i) {
  f <- u_fixtures[i, ]
  lim <- uchart_limits(lambda = f$lambda, n = f$n, type = f$method,
                       alpha = f$alpha)
  data.frame(
    method = f$method,
    lambda = f$lambda,
    n = f$n,
    expected_ucl = round(f$expected_ucl, 6),
    calculated_ucl = round(lim$ucl, 6),
    ratio = round(abs(lim$ucl - f$expected_ucl) / 1e-10, 0),
    evidence_type = f$evidence_type
  )
}))
u_out
```

The exact Poisson false-alarm risk is evaluated directly
(`exact_discrete`), and the historical formula behind the legacy `CF` alias is
documented in the code contract rather than presented as a derived limit.

# Generalized variance chart {#gv}

**Source and objective.** Barbosa, E. P., Gneri, M. A. and Meneguetti, A.
*Improving Shewhart-type Generalized Variance Control Charts for Multivariate
Process Variability Monitoring using Cornish-Fisher Quantile Correction,
Meijer-G Function and Other Tools*. Research report, IMECC-UNICAMP. No
confirmed DOI; none is invented.

**Parametrization.** For a `p`-variate normal subgroup of size `n`, `|S|` is
distributed as a constant times a product of independent chi-square variables.
IQCC reproduces the exact `p = 2` case in closed form, the published `p = 3`
exact upper quantile table, moment-matched normal limits, first/second-order
Cornish-Fisher limits, and Bartlett-factor simulation.

```{r gv-make-table}
gv_ref <- paste(
  "Barbosa, Gneri and Meneguetti (IMECC-UNICAMP report)"
)
# Table 1 (p = 3, exact upper): three representative rows.
gv_n <- c(4L, 8L, 15L)
gv_published_0027 <- c(5.370, 5.084, 3.772)
gv_calculated <- vapply(
  gv_n,
  function(n) gv_limits(n, 3, det_sigma = 1, alpha = 0.0027,
                        type = "exact", side = "upper")$ucl,
  numeric(1)
)
gv_t1 <- data.frame(
  table = "Table 1",
  n = gv_n,
  published = gv_published_0027,
  calculated = round(gv_calculated, 3),
  tolerance_ratio = round(abs(gv_calculated - gv_published_0027) / 5e-4, 3),
  evidence_type = "published_table"
)
gv_t1
```

**Unresolved parametrizations in the source report.** Several aspects of the
source cannot be pinned down from the text and are recorded honestly rather
than forced:

1. The published two-sided CF risk column of Table 4 is not reproduced by
   either the first-order or the second-order Cornish-Fisher expansion. The
   order used in the column is not disambiguated in the source: order 1
   overshoots for small `n`, and order 2 undershoots for every `n`. The
   production expansion matches the corresponding independent oracle, so the
   column is left as an unresolved order rather than imputed an error.
2. The one-sided "normal" columns of Tables 5 and 6 describe **three-sigma
   limits** (`z = 3`), whereas production's one-sided normal chart uses
   `qnorm(1 - alpha)`. The published values match the three-sigma oracle;
   this is a documented convention difference, not an error.
3. The published normal and CF columns of Table 6 are numerically consistent
   with limits at `det_sigma = 0.5` (equivalently, half the production scale
   at `det_sigma = 1`). Because the source does not state which `|Sigma|`
   was used in that simulation, this is recorded as an implicit/unresolved
   scale convention rather than imputed an error to the source.

The `Exact(sim.)` column of Table 6 is Monte Carlo evidence (approximately
10^6 Wishart draws, no documented seed); it is reproduced only in order of
magnitude and is never called exact. The generic product-of-chi-square
quantile engine remains open as a separate research item.

The standardized first-order CF quantiles of Table 2 are reproduced for
`n = 15:30` within the harmonized tolerance policy (half-unit by default,
one-unit exception only for the documented borderline cells).

# Validation coverage and remaining gaps {#coverage}

```{r coverage-table}
coverage <- data.frame(
  family = c("p chart", "R chart", "DS-np", "u chart", "|S|"),
  primary_source = c(
    "Joekes & Barbosa (2013)",
    "Barbosa et al. (2013)",
    "Joekes et al. (2015)",
    "Poisson cumulant derivation",
    "IMECC-UNICAMP report"
  ),
  published_tables = c("2, 3", "1a, 1b, 2", "2-4", "-", "1, 2, 4, 5, 6*"),
  published_cells = c("12", "88", "27", "-", "deterministic"),
  independent_checks = c("binomial risk oracle", "Tippett CDF, d2/d3",
                         "component oracles, enumeration", "Poisson risk",
                         "moment oracle, p = 2 CDF"),
  max_tolerance_ratio = c(
    sprintf("%.2f", max(p_out$ucl_ratio)),
    sprintf("%.3f", max(r_out$tolerance_ratio)),
    sprintf("%.2f", max(dsnp_fixture$tolerance_ratio)),
    "exact",
    "0.97"
  ),
  status = c("reproduced", "reproduced", "reproduced",
             "derived, no published table",
             "reproduced with unresolved parametrizations"),
  remaining_issue = c("-", "-", "-", "-",
                      "Table 4 CF order and Table 6 scale convention")
)
coverage
```

\* Table 6 normal and CF columns are reproduced on the implicit
`det_sigma = 0.5` scale (an unresolved source convention); the `Exact(sim.)`
column is Monte Carlo. The status column is derived from the executed checks
above, not from a narrative.

```{r execution-marker, results='asis'}
cat("<!-- IQCC_EXECUTED_NUMERICAL_VALIDATION -->\n")
```

# References

- Joekes, S. and Barbosa, E. P. (2013). An improved attribute control chart for monitoring non-conforming proportion in high quality processes. *Control Engineering Practice*, 21, 407-412.
- Barbosa, E. P., Gneri, M. A. and Meneguetti, A. (2013). Range Control Charts Revisited: Simpler Tippett-like Formulae, Its Practical Implementation, and the Study of False Alarm. *Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation*, 42(2), 247-262.
- Joekes, S., Smrekar, M. and Barbosa, E. P. (2015). Extending a double sampling control chart for non-conforming proportion in high quality processes to the case of small samples. *Statistical Methodology*, 23, 35-49.
- Barbosa, E. P., Gneri, M. A. and Meneguetti, A. *Improving Shewhart-type Generalized Variance Control Charts for Multivariate Process Variability Monitoring using Cornish-Fisher Quantile Correction, Meijer-G Function and Other Tools*. Research report, IMECC-UNICAMP.