A note on weighted least-squares estimation of the shape parameter of the Weibull distribution

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-586

  Lu, Hai Lin ^a   Chen, Chong Hong ^b   Wu, Jong Wuu ^c  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Order statistics; Shape parameter; Weibull distribution; Weighted least squares estimator

Indexed keywords

BALL BEARINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ORDER STATISTICS; SHAPE PARAMETER; WEIGHTED LEAST-SQUARES ESTIMATOR;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 6444225172     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.570     Document Type: Article

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