Calculation of Weibull life expectancy parameters from fracture data using the maximum likelihood criterion and a Nelder-Mead simplex minimisation algorithm

Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-43

  Brauns, Etienne ^a   Patyn, Johan ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BRITTLENESS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SERVICE LIFE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD CRITERION; NELDER-MEAD SIMPLEX MINIMIZATION ALGORITHM; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MATLAB; WEIBULL LIFE EXPECTANCY PARAMETERS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029706845     PISSN: 1232308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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