A Comparison of Several Alternatives to Maximum Likelihood for the Weibull Distribution.

Abstract

Five methods of parameter estimation for the two parameter Weibull distribution are investigated using simulation. They are: Non-Linear Regression, Log-Linearization, Weighted Least Squares, Generalized Least Squares, and Method of Moments. Effects of contamination and censoring of data as well as robustness of the methods were investigated. Weighted Least Squares seemed to be the most cost-effective method and Nonlinear Regression was the most robust. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 22, 1983
Accession Number
ADA138721

Entities

People

  • L. A. Franklin
  • P. N. Somerville
  • S. J. Bean

Organizations

  • University of Central Florida

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  • Air Force
  • Contamination
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Method Of Moments
  • Normal Distribution
  • Observation
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Statistics
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  • Mathematics

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