A comparison of maximum likelihood and median-rank regression for Weibull estimation

Quality Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 236-255

  Genschel, Ulrike ^a   Meeker, William Q ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

censored data; least squares; ML; MRR; reliability

Indexed keywords

CENSORED DATA; COMMONLY USED; FAILURE PROBABILITY; LEAST SQUARE; ML; MRR; REGRESSION METHOD; RELIABILITY APPLICATIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; WEIBULL;

ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77956945316     PISSN: 08982112     EISSN: 15324222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08982112.2010.503447     Document Type: Article

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