On the odd Weibull distribution

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 583-594

  Jiang, H ^a   Xie, M ^a   Tang, L C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

bathtub shaped curve; burn in; extreme value property; failure rate function; odd Weibull distribution; useful period; Weibull probability plot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990354067     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR168     Document Type: Article

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