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| + | The Weibull distribution is often used to represent failure time in reliability models. It is similar in shape to the [[Gamma|gamma distribution]], but tends to be less skewed and tail-heavy. It is a continuous distribution over the positive real numbers. | ||
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| + | The Weibull distribution has a cumulative density given by | ||
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| + | [[Image:Weibull_cdf_eq.jpg]] | ||
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| + | Distributions | ||
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| + | = See Also = | ||
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| + | * [[Gamma]], [[Normal]] | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 3 March 2009
Weibull( shape, scale )
The Weibull distribution is often used to represent failure time in reliability models. It is similar in shape to the gamma distribution, but tends to be less skewed and tail-heavy. It is a continuous distribution over the positive real numbers.
The Weibull distribution has a cumulative density given by
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