The discrete additive Weibull distribution: A bathtub-shaped hazard for discontinuous failure data

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-44

  Bebbington, Mark ^a   Lai, Chin Diew ^a   Wellington, Morgan ^a   Zitikis, Ričardas ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathtub distribution; Competing risks; Discrete data; Hazard rate

Indexed keywords

BATHTUB DISTRIBUTION; BURN-IN; COMPETING RISKS; CONTINUOUS MODELS; DISCRETE DATA; FAILURE DATA; HAZARD RATES; MATHEMATICAL TRACTABILITY; PARAMETER VALUES; REAL LIFE DATASETS; RELIABILITY MODEL;

FUNCTIONS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

HAZARDS;

EID: 84863466724     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2012.06.009     Document Type: Article

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