Exact AD HOC inference from Weibull samples

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-32

  McCool, John I ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPREADSHEETS;

CONFIDENCE LIMITS; INFERENTIAL SETTINGS; MULTIPLE COMPARISONS; PIVOTAL FUNCTIONS; SERIES SYSTEMS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033719439     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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