• DocumentCode
    1056866
  • Title

    On The Weibull MGF

  • Author

    Nadarajah, Saralees ; Kotz, Samuel

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Manchester, Manchester
  • Volume
    55
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1287
  • Lastpage
    1287
  • Abstract
    A closed-form expression is derived for the moment generating function of the Weibull distribution when its shape parameter is a rational number.
  • Keywords
    Weibull distribution; Weibull MGF; Weibull distribution; closed-form expression; moment generating function; shape parameter; Closed-form solution; Communications Society; Digital modulation; Integral equations; Laplace equations; Probability density function; Random variables; Shape; Weibull distribution; Weibull fading channels; Complementary error function; Laplace transform; Weibull distribution; generalized hypergeometric function;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOMM.2007.900604
  • Filename
    4273695