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The Weibull distribution :

Rinne, Horst.

The Weibull distribution : a handbook / Horst Rinne. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2009. - xxiv, 784 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

"A Chapman & Hall book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gensis, theory, and description --
History and meaning of the Weibull distribution --
Definition and properties of the Weibull distribution --
Related distributions --
Weibull processes and Weibull renewal theory --
Order statistics and related variables --
Characterizations --
Weibull applications and aids in doing Weibull analysis --
Collecting life data --
Parameter estimation : graphical approaches --
Parameter estimation : least squares and linear approaches --
Parameter estimation : maximum likelihood approaches --
Parameter estimation : methods of moments --
Parameter estimation : more classical approaches and comparisons --
Parameter estimation : Bayesian approaches --
Parameter estimation : further approaches --
Parameter estimation in accelerated life testing --
Parameter estimation for mixed Weibull models --
Inference of Weibull processes --
Estimation of percentiles and reliability including tolerance limits --
Prediction of future random quantities --
Weibull parameter testing --
Weibull goodness-of-fit testing and related problems. TOC

Using inferential procedures for estimating, testing, forecasting, and simulating data, this book shows how to solve statistical life science and engineering problems. It chronicles the development of the Weibull Distribution in Statistical Theory and Applied Statistics. It focuses on its origin, statistical properties, and related distributions.



9781420087437 (alk. paper) 1420087436 (alk. paper)

2008033436


Weibull distribution--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

QA273.6 / .R56 2009

519.24 / RIW 2009