Title :
Exponentiated Weibull family for analyzing bathtub failure-rate data
Author :
Mudholkar, Govind S. ; Srivastava, Deo Kumar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Stat., Rochester Univ., NY, USA
fDate :
6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A simple generalization of the Weibull distribution is presented. The distribution is well suited for modeling bathtub failure rate lifetime data and for testing goodness-of-fit of the Weibull and negative exponential models as subhypotheses
Keywords :
failure analysis; probability; reliability; Weibull distribution; bathtub failure rate lifetime; exponential models; failure analysis; generalization; goodness-of-fit; modeling; probability; reliability; Aging; Art; Data analysis; Exponential distribution; Failure analysis; Life testing; Probability; Reliability theory; Statistical analysis; Weibull distribution;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
