MODELING FAILURE-DATA BY MIXTURE OF 2 WEIBULL-DISTRIBUTIONS - A GRAPHICAL APPROACH

Authors
JIANG R MURTHY DNP
Citation
R. Jiang et Dnp. Murthy, MODELING FAILURE-DATA BY MIXTURE OF 2 WEIBULL-DISTRIBUTIONS - A GRAPHICAL APPROACH, IEEE transactions on reliability, 44(3), 1995, pp. 477-488
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Sciences","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Computer Science Hardware & Architecture","Computer Science Software Graphycs Programming
Journal title
IEEE transactions on reliability → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189529
Volume
44
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
477 - 488
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9529(1995)44:3<477:MFBMO2>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Conclusions - The paper presents a graphical approach to decide on the appropriateness of a mixture of 2 Weibull distributions to model a gi ven failure data set. It involves plotting the data on Weibull paper. The plots are completely characterized and the parameters estimated fo r various cases. Two examples involving real data illustrate the usefu lness of the approach. The results are compared with those of Jiang an d Kececioglu (1992) and the errors therein are pointed out.