Modified Weibull model: A Bayes study using MCMC approach based on progressive censoring data

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-57

  Soliman, Ahmed A ^a,b   Abd Ellah, Ahmed H ^b   Abou Elheggag, Naser A ^b   Ahmed, Essam A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MADINAH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Balanced loss; Bayesian estimation; Bootstrap; Gibbs and MetropolisHasting samplers; Hybrid MCMC approach; Maximum likelihood estimation; Modified Weibull distribution; Progressive type II censoring

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; BOOTSTRAP; GIBBS AND METROPOLISHASTING SAMPLERS; MCMC APPROACH; MODIFIED WEIBULL DISTRIBUTIONS; PROGRESSIVE TYPE II CENSORING;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84855874609     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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