Mixture Weibull distributions for fitting failure times data

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Highlights：

• Mixtures of 2 and 3 Weibull distributions were used to analyze failure times data.

• Parameters were estimated by maximum likelihood.

• Tests of fit proved the suitability of MWD to model failure times data.

摘要

•Mixtures of 2 and 3 Weibull distributions were used to analyze failure times data.•Parameters were estimated by maximum likelihood.•Tests of fit proved the suitability of MWD to model failure times data.

论文关键词：Mixture Weibull distribution,Shape of the density and hazard function,Maximum likelihood estimation,Coefficient of determination (R2),Mean square error

论文评审过程：Available online 27 June 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2013.05.062