scholarly journals On the Estimation of Reliability of Weighted Weibull Distribution: A Comparative Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Bander Al-Zahrani

The paper gives a description of estimation for the reliability function of weighted Weibull distribution. The maximum likelihood estimators for the unknown parameters are obtained. Nonparametric methods such as empirical method, kernel density estimator and a modified shrinkage estimator are provided. The Markov chain Monte Carlo method is used to compute the Bayes estimators assuming gamma and Jeffrey priors. The performance of the maximum likelihood, nonparametric methods and Bayesian estimators is assessed through a real data set.

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Zubair Ahmad ◽  
Zawar Hussain

The present paper is devoted to introduce a four-parameter modification of new flexible Weibull distribution. The proposed model will be called modified new flexible Weibull distribution, able to model lifetime phenomena with increasing or bathtub-shaped failure rates. Some of its mathematical properties will be studied. The approach of maximum likelihood will be used for estimating the model parameters. A brief mathematical description for the reliability function will also be discussed. The usefulness of the proposed distribution will be illustrated by an application to a real data set.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Pradeep Kumar Vishwakarma ◽  
Arun Kaushik ◽  
Aakriti Pandey ◽  
Umesh Singh ◽  
Sanjay Kumar Singh

This paper deals with the estimation procedure for inverse Weibull distribution under progressive type-II censored samples when removals follow Beta-binomial probability law. To estimate the unknown parameters, the maximum likelihood and Bayes estimators are obtained under progressive censoring scheme mentioned above. Bayes estimates are obtained using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) technique considering square error loss function and compared with the corresponding MLE's. Further, the expected total time on test is obtained under considered censoring scheme.  Finally, a real data set has been analysed to check the validity of the study.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-17
Author(s):  
Gyan Prakash

In the present study, the Pareto model is considered as the model from which observations are to be estimated using a Bayesian approach. Properties of the Bayes estimators for the unknown parameters have studied by using different asymmetric loss functions on hybrid censoring pattern and their risks have compared. The properties of maximum likelihood estimation and approximate confidence length have also been investigated under hybrid censoring. The performances of the procedures are illustrated based on simulated data obtained under the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and a real data set.


2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-163
Author(s):  
RAKHI MOHAN ◽  
MANOJ CHACKO

In this paper, estimation of parameters of Kumaraswamy-exponential distribution with shape parameters α and β is considered based on a progressively type-II censored sample with binomial removals. Together with the unknown parameters, the removal probability p is also estimated. Bayes estimators are obtained using different loss functions such as squared error, LINEX loss function and entropy loss function. All Bayesian estimates are compared with the corresponding maximum likelihood estimates numerically in terms of their bias and mean square error values and found that Bayes estimators perform better than MLE’s for β and p and MLEs perform better than Bayes estimators for α. A real data set is also used for illustration.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-521
Author(s):  
Valdemiro Piedade VIGAS ◽  
Fábio PRATAVIERA ◽  
Giovana Oliveira SILVA

In this paper, we proposed the Poisson-Weibull distribution for the modeling of survival data. The motivation to study this model since, in addition to generalizing the Weibull distribution, which is widely used in several areas of knowledge among them the Survival and Reliability analysis, it presents great exibility in the forms of the hazard function. The Poisson-Weibull distribution was created in a composition of discrete and continuous distributions where there is no information about which factor was responsible for the component failure, only the minimum lifetime value among all risks is observed. The maximum likelihood approach was used to estimate the parameters of the model. Also was conducted a simulation study to examine the mean, the bias, and the root of the mean square error of the maximum likelihood estimates of the proposed model according to the censoring percentages and sample sizes. The model selection criteria were also applied, in addition to graphic techniques such as TTT-Plot and Kaplan-Meier. Application to the real data set was used to illustrate the usefulnessof the distribution.


Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 934
Author(s):  
Yuxuan Zhang ◽  
Kaiwei Liu ◽  
Wenhao Gui

For the purpose of improving the statistical efficiency of estimators in life-testing experiments, generalized Type-I hybrid censoring has lately been implemented by guaranteeing that experiments only terminate after a certain number of failures appear. With the wide applications of bathtub-shaped distribution in engineering areas and the recently introduced generalized Type-I hybrid censoring scheme, considering that there is no work coalescing this certain type of censoring model with a bathtub-shaped distribution, we consider the parameter inference under generalized Type-I hybrid censoring. First, estimations of the unknown scale parameter and the reliability function are obtained under the Bayesian method based on LINEX and squared error loss functions with a conjugate gamma prior. The comparison of estimations under the E-Bayesian method for different prior distributions and loss functions is analyzed. Additionally, Bayesian and E-Bayesian estimations with two unknown parameters are introduced. Furthermore, to verify the robustness of the estimations above, the Monte Carlo method is introduced for the simulation study. Finally, the application of the discussed inference in practice is illustrated by analyzing a real data set.


2018 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 08007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Pobočíková ◽  
Zuzana Sedliačková ◽  
Mária Michalková

In this paper we study new distribution called transmuted Weibull distribution. Some properties of this distribution are described. The usefulness of the distribution for modelling data is illustrated using real data set.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. e0249028
Author(s):  
Ehsan Fayyazishishavan ◽  
Serpil Kılıç Depren

The two-parameter of exponentiated Gumbel distribution is an important lifetime distribution in survival analysis. This paper investigates the estimation of the parameters of this distribution by using lower records values. The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) procedure of the parameters is considered, and the Fisher information matrix of the unknown parameters is used to construct asymptotic confidence intervals. Bayes estimator of the parameters and the corresponding credible intervals are obtained by using the Gibbs sampling technique. Two real data set is provided to illustrate the proposed methods.


In this paper, we have defined a new two-parameter new Lindley half Cauchy (NLHC) distribution using Lindley-G family of distribution which accommodates increasing, decreasing and a variety of monotone failure rates. The statistical properties of the proposed distribution such as probability density function, cumulative distribution function, quantile, the measure of skewness and kurtosis are presented. We have briefly described the three well-known estimation methods namely maximum likelihood estimators (MLE), least-square (LSE) and Cramer-Von-Mises (CVM) methods. All the computations are performed in R software. By using the maximum likelihood method, we have constructed the asymptotic confidence interval for the model parameters. We verify empirically the potentiality of the new distribution in modeling a real data set.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Samir K. Ashour ◽  
Ahmed A. El-Sheikh ◽  
Ahmed Elshahhat

In this paper, the Bayesian and non-Bayesian estimation of a two-parameter Weibull lifetime model in presence of progressive first-failure censored data with binomial random removals are considered. Based on the s-normal approximation to the asymptotic distribution of maximum likelihood estimators, two-sided approximate confidence intervals for the unknown parameters are constructed. Using gamma conjugate priors, several Bayes estimates and associated credible intervals are obtained relative to the squared error loss function. Proposed estimators cannot be expressed in closed forms and can be evaluated numerically by some suitable iterative procedure. A Bayesian approach is developed using Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques to generate samples from the posterior distributions and in turn computing the Bayes estimates and associated credible intervals. To analyze the performance of the proposed estimators, a Monte Carlo simulation study is conducted. Finally, a real data set is discussed for illustration purposes.


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