Estimation of weibull parameters using a fuzzy least-squares method

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 701-711

  Hung, Wen Liang ^a   Liu, Yuan Chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Taipei Teachers College   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy least squares estimator; Monte Carlo simulation; Probability paper; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SET THEORY;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIVE FUNCTION; FUZZY LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATOR; PROBABILITY PAPER; SHAPE PARAMETERS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10644259611     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488504003156     Document Type: Article

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