Estimating parameters of the three-parameter Weibull distribution using a neural network

European Journal of Industrial Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 428-445

  Abbasi, Babak ^a   Rabelo, Luis ^b   Hosseinkouchack, Mehdi ^c  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANN; Artificial Neural Network; Maximum Likelihood Estimation; MLE; Moment method; Parameter estimation; Three parameter Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

KURTOSIS; STATISTICAL SCRIPTS; THREE-PARAMETER WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 44449166051     PISSN: 17515254     EISSN: 17515262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIE.2008.018438     Document Type: Article

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