A new model with bath tub-shaped failure rate using an additive Burr XII distribution

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-312

  Wang, F K ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bathtub shaped failure rate; Burr XII distribution; Lifetime data

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BATHTUB SHAPED FAILURE RATE; BURR SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTIONS; CUMULATIVE DENSITY FUNCTION; FAILURE RATE FUNCTION; LIFETIME DATA; SURVIVORSHIP FUNCTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034563348     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0951-8320(00)00066-1     Document Type: Article

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