This paper is concerned with the two-parameter Weibull distribution which is widely employed as a model in life testing. Maximum likelihood equations are derived for estimating the distribution ...

The following data are taken from Lawless (1982, p.193) and represent the number of days it took rats painted with a carcinogen to develop carcinoma. The last 2 observations are censored data from a ...

Maximum likelihood estimation of the parameters of a statistical model involves maximizing the likelihood or, equivalently, the log likelihood with respect to the parameters. The parameter values at ...

Engineers can learn to use this valuable tool for predicting product life and other product qualities, without having to learn all the daunting statistics. When products start failing, management ...

This study develops maximum likelihood estimators for the three parameter Weibull distribution based on various left and right censored data situations. For the case of single censoring from the left ...