Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using unweighted linear least squares (LLS) analysis was investigated in this work as a function of specimen number, N. Mean, median and mode values of the Weibull scale parameter were estimated using a Monte Carlo procedure and...

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Main Author: Davies, Ian
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58642
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description © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using unweighted linear least squares (LLS) analysis was investigated in this work as a function of specimen number, N. Mean, median and mode values of the Weibull scale parameter were estimated using a Monte Carlo procedure and general probability estimator of F = (i – a)/(N + b) with a and b varying between zero and unity. Unlike the mean and mode cases, the median value of Weibull scale parameter was essentially independent of Weibull modulus, m, with the coefficient of variation decreasing with b and being a factor of five smaller compared to that of m. Optimum values of a as a function of N were obtained using the median of the Weibull scale parameter with a being found to vary between 0.4796 for N = 10 and 0.2698 for N = 200 with b = 0.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-586422017-11-24T05:47:22Z Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis Davies, Ian © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using unweighted linear least squares (LLS) analysis was investigated in this work as a function of specimen number, N. Mean, median and mode values of the Weibull scale parameter were estimated using a Monte Carlo procedure and general probability estimator of F = (i – a)/(N + b) with a and b varying between zero and unity. Unlike the mean and mode cases, the median value of Weibull scale parameter was essentially independent of Weibull modulus, m, with the coefficient of variation decreasing with b and being a factor of five smaller compared to that of m. Optimum values of a as a function of N were obtained using the median of the Weibull scale parameter with a being found to vary between 0.4796 for N = 10 and 0.2698 for N = 200 with b = 0. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58642 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.03.015 Elsevier Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Davies, Ian
Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
title Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
title_full Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
title_fullStr Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
title_full_unstemmed Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
title_short Unbiased estimation of the Weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
title_sort unbiased estimation of the weibull scale parameter using linear least squares analysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58642