RESULTS ON LOCATION AND SCALE PARAMETER ESTIMATION WITH APPLICATION TO THE EXTREME-VALUE DISTRIBUTION
Abstract
The report gives results concerning estimation of location and scale parameters. Most of the work pertains to the first extreme-value distribution of smallest values, the distribution of the natural logarithms of failure times having the two-parameter Weibull distribution. Experimental designs are derived, under the assumption that log failure times are polynomial functions of the reciprocal of stress level and have the extreme-value distribution, for over-stress life tests. These designs yield least-squares curves with minimum variance at a specified (nominal) stress level below the levels at which the life test is conducted. An estimate of the extreme-value location parameter u associated with the nominal stress level and the relationship between u and stress level can be obtained from the least squares curve. Other extreme-value results apply to a life test conducted at a single fixed stress level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0653575
Entities
People
- Nancy R. Mann