• DocumentCode
    978191
  • Title

    Modeling failure-data by mixture of 2 Weibull distributions: a graphical approach

  • Author

    Jiang, R. ; Murthy, D.N.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Technol. Manage. Centre, Queensland Univ., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    477
  • Lastpage
    488
  • Abstract
    The paper presents a graphical approach to decide on the appropriateness of a mixture of 2 Weibull distributions to model a given failure data set. It involves plotting the data on Weibull paper. The plots are completely characterized and the parameters estimated for various cases. Two examples involving real data illustrate the usefulness of the approach. The results are compared with those of Jiang and Kececioglu (1992) and the errors therein are pointed out
  • Keywords
    Weibull distribution; failure analysis; graph theory; parameter estimation; reliability theory; Weibull paper; failure-data modelling; graphical approach; mixed Weibull distributions; parameters estimation; Parameter estimation; Scattering parameters; Shape; Weibull distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9529
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/24.406588
  • Filename
    406588