International Journal of Reliability and Applications
- Volume 3 Issue 1
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- Pages.51-60
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- 2002
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- 1598-0073(pISSN)
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- 2283-8914(eISSN)
A Note on a New Two-Parameter Lifetime Distribution with Bathtub-Shaped Failure Rate Function
- Wang, F.K. (Department of Business Administration Chang Gung University, Taiwan)
- Published : 2002.03.01
Abstract
This paper presents the methodology for obtaining point and interval estimating of the parameters of a new two-parameter distribution with multiple-censored and singly censored data (Type-I censoring or Type-II censoring) as well as complete data, using the maximum likelihood method. The basis is the likelihood expression for multiple-censored data. Furthermore, this model can be extended to a three-parameter distribution that is added a scale parameter. Then, the parameter estimation can be obtained by the graphical estimation on probability plot.