The Weibull renewal function for moderate to large arguments

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-27

  Constantine, A G ^a   Robinson, N I ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansions; Faxen's integral; Laplace transform; Renewal function; Weibull distribution; Zero calculations

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; EXPONENTIAL SERIES; FAXEN INTEGRAL; RENEWAL FUNCTION; SHAPE PARAMETER;

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CALCULATIONS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY THEORY;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031555843     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(96)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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