Modifications of the Weibull distribution: A review

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-55

  Almalki, Saad J ^a,b   Nadarajah, Saralees ^b  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathtub shape; Hazard rate; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

BATHTUB SHAPE; HAZARD FUNCTION; HAZARD RATES; LIFETIME DATA; UNIMODAL;

WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84890505091     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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