DocumentCode
929644
Title
Exponentiated Weibull family for analyzing bathtub failure-rate data
Author
Mudholkar, Govind S. ; Srivastava, Deo Kumar
Author_Institution
Dept. of Stat., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
Volume
42
Issue
2
fYear
1993
fDate
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
299
Lastpage
302
Abstract
A simple generalization of the Weibull distribution is presented. The distribution is well suited for modeling bathtub failure rate lifetime data and for testing goodness-of-fit of the Weibull and negative exponential models as subhypotheses
Keywords
failure analysis; probability; reliability; Weibull distribution; bathtub failure rate lifetime; exponential models; failure analysis; generalization; goodness-of-fit; modeling; probability; reliability; Aging; Art; Data analysis; Exponential distribution; Failure analysis; Life testing; Probability; Reliability theory; Statistical analysis; Weibull distribution;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9529
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/24.229504
Filename
229504
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