Modelling N- and W-shaped hazard rate functions without mixing distributions

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-69

  Bebbington, M ^a   Lai, C D ^a   Murthy, D N P ^b   Zitikis, R ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing class; Assembly errors; Bathtub hazard rate; Non conforming components

Indexed keywords

AGEING CLASS; ASSEMBLY ERROR; ASSEMBLY ERRORS; BATHTUB HAZARD RATE; HAZARD RATES; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MIXING DISTRIBUTIONS; NON-CONFORMING COMPONENTS; NON-NEGATIVITY; NON-TRIVIAL; NONPARAMETRIC APPROACHES; NUMEROUS MODELS; OVERPARAMETERIZATION; PARAMETRIC MODELS; POLYNOMIAL APPROACH; POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS; U-SHAPED;

ERRORS; HAZARDS;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70349498419     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR219     Document Type: Article

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