Background. The prevalent blood components monitoring a control chart by characteristics use classical statistics. This is applicable only in the presence of a determinate fraction of defectives or all observations in the sample. The primary aim of this paper is to present u and p control charts within the framework of neutrosophic statistics. We employ these newly introduced control charts to oversee the monitoring of blood components.

Methods. This paper presents new (neutrosophic) attribute control charts for nursing blood constituents under neutrosophic statistics.

Results. The strategy of the proposed control chart is specified using the neutrosophic interval method. The applications of neutrosophic control charts show that these are relatively effective, informative, flexible, and adequate for monitoring blood constituents in an ambiguous environment.

blood components; attribute charts; classical statistics; uncertainty; monitoring.

Received: September 27, 2023; Revised: October 26, 2023; Accepted: November 9, 2023; Published: November 29, 2023

How to cite this article: Nasrullah Khan, Azhar Ali Janjua, Muhammad Aslam, P. Jeyadurga, S. Balamurali and Mohammed Albassam, Design of u and p control charts for imprecise data with medical application, JP Journal of Biostatistics 24(1) (2024), 61-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/0973514324006

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