Estimation of mixed Weibull distribution parameters using the SCEM-UA algorithm: Application and comparison with MLE in automotive reliability analysis

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 915-922

  Gong, Zhejun ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Mixed Weibull distribution; Parameter estimation; Reliability; SCEM UA

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MIXED WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; SCEM-UA;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646082029     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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