Five and four-parameter lifetime distributions for bathtub-shaped failure rate using Perks mortality equation

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 152, Issue , 2016, Pages 307-315

  Zeng, Hongtao ^a   Lan, Tian ^b   Chen, Qiming ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Red Wolf Energy Trading   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathtub shape; Hazard rate function; Parameter estimation; Perks

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; INSURANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BATHTUB SHAPE; BATHTUB SHAPED FAILURE RATE; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; HAZARD RATES; LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRY; PARAMETER TRANSFORMATION; PERKS; TRUNCATED DISTRIBUTIONS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84973333831     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2016.03.014     Document Type: Article

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