• 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