Patriarchal Institute of Patristic Studies

Abstract Faced with different readings of the Bible, justifying the oppression of the Palestinian, the Christian Palestinians reading of the Bible challenges those reading. This reading is contextual, inclusive, and Christological. The Christian Palestinians, the oldest Christian community, contribute through their reading of the Bible to justice, peace and reconciliation.

A new approximate method is proposed for the economic design of control charts based on an estimate of the power of the control chart at optimality. Multiple linear regression is employed for the derivation of the approximate formula expressing the power of the control chart as a function of the model parameters. A simple optimization procedure is then used to determine the economic design of the control chart for the predicted value of the chart's detection power. The application of the new approach is illustrated through Duncan's models for variables control charts for processes subject to single and multiple assignable causes. Evaluation of the performance of the approximate method indicates that the approximate control chart design is very close to the exact optimum while its implementation requirements are reduced.