威布尔更新函数的一个精确近似式

威布尔分布的更新函数有许多应用,如产品质保政策分析、维修决策优化和备件需求预测。威布尔更新函数没有解析表达式,这给求解各种涉及更新函数的优化问题带来不便。已有的威布尔更新函数近似式有一个共同的问题:其精度随威布尔形状参数的增大而减小。为克服这个问题,本文提出一个新的近似式,对于大的威布尔形状参数(>3.65),其相对误差比已有近似式的相对误差小得多。一个维修政策优化的数例例证其精确性和有用性。     

Noninformative priors for the ratio of the shape parameters of two Weibull distributions

The Weibull distribution is one of the most widely used lifetime distributions in reliability engineering. Here, the noninformative priors for the ratio of the shape parameters of two Weibull models are introduced. The first criterion used is the asymptotic matching of the coverage probabilities of Bayesian credible intervals with the corresponding frequentist coverage probabilities. We develop the probability matching priors for the ratio of the shape parameters using the following matching criteria: quantile matching, matching of the distribution function, highest posterior density matching, and matching via inversion of the test statistics. We obtain one particular prior that meets all the matching criteria. Next, we derive the reference priors for different groups of ordering. Our findings show that some of the reference priors satisfy a first-order matching criterion and the one-at-a-time reference prior is a second-order matching prior. Lastly, we perform a simulation study and provide a real-world example.     

威布尔分布的Bayes可靠性分析

本文针对两参数的威布尔分布的元件，采用Ｂａｙｅｓ方法对其可靠性进行分析，文中分别对两种假设情况进行了讨论，第一种情况是形状参数为离散取值，尺度参数为连续取值的情况，第二种情况假设形状参数的先验分布为均匀分布，尺度参数的先验分布为逆伽玛分布，推出了对应的可靠性估计和置信下限估计，并给出了计算算法，最后用实例对算法进行了验证。     

Weibull分布场合无失效数据的可靠性验证试验

对于Weibull分布的无失效数据问题,利用Bayes方法给出了产品寿命服从Weibull分布,形状参数的先验分布为U(0,1),尺度参数为1,假定产品的可靠性指标达到某个给定的值的情况下,无失效数据的可靠性验证试验,并利用相同的分析方法给出形状参数的Bayes估计.     

Design of accelerated life test sampling plans with a nonconstant shape parameter

Accelerated life test sampling plans (ALTSPs) provide information quickly on the lifetime distribution of products by testing them at higher-than-usual stress level to induce early failures and reduce the testing efforts. In the traditional design of ALTSPs for Weibull distribution, it is assumed that the shape parameter remains constant over all stress levels. This paper extends the existing design of ALTSPs to Weibull distribution with a nonconstant shape parameter and presents two types of ALTSPs; time-censored and failure-censored. Optimum ALTSPs which satisfy the producer’s and consumer’s risk requirements and minimize the asymptotic variance of the test statistic for deciding the lot acceptability are obtained. The properties of the proposed ALTSPs and the effects of errors in pre-estimate of the design parameters are also investigated.     

Reliability tests for Weibull distribution with variational shape parameter based on sudden death lifetime data

In the traditional design of reliability tests for assuring the mean time to failure (MTTF) in Weibull distribution with shape and scale parameters, it has been assumed that the shape parameter in the acceptable and rejectable populations is the same fixed number. For the purpose of expanding applicability of the reliability testing, Hisada and Arizono have developed a reliability sampling scheme for assuring MTTF in the Weibull distribution under the conditions that shape parameters in the both populations do not necessarily coincide, and are specified as interval values, respectively. Then, their reliability test is designed using the complete lifetime data. In general, the reliability testing based on the complete lifetime data requires the long testing time. As a consequence, the testing cost becomes sometimes expensive. In this paper, for the purpose of an economical plan of the reliability test, we consider the sudden death procedure for assuring MTTF in Weibull distribution with variational shape parameter.     

Fitting the three-parameter Weibull distribution with Cross Entropy

The Weibull distribution is widely used in applications such as reliability and lifetime studies. Although this distribution has three parameters, for simplicity, literature pertaining to Weibull parameter estimation relaxes one of its parameters in order to estimate the other two. When the three-parameter Weibull distribution is of interest, the estimation procedure is complicated. For example, the likelihood function for a three-parameter Weibull distribution is hard to maximize. In this paper, a Cross Entropy (CE) method is developed in the context of maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) of a three-parameter Weibull distribution. Performing a simulation study, a comparative analysis between the newly developed method and two existing methods is conducted. The results show the proposed method has better performance in terms of accuracy, precision and run time for different parameter settings and sample sizes.     

On nonlinear weighted errors-in-variables parameter estimation problem in the three-parameter Weibull model

This paper is concerned with the three-parameter Weibull distribution which is widely used as a model in reliability and lifetime studies. In practice, the Weibull model parameters are not known in advance and must be estimated from a random sample. Difficulties in applying the method of maximum likelihood to three-parameter Weibull models have led to a variety of alternative approaches in the literature. In this paper we consider the nonlinear weighted errors-in-variables (EIV) fitting approach. As a main result, two theorems on the existence of the EIV estimate are obtained. An illustrative example is also included.     

Mixture of Weibull distributions—parametric characterization of failure rate function

A mixture distribution involving two two-parameter Weibull distributions is characterized by five parameters. The shape of the failure rate function for the mixture depends on the parameter values and can be one of eight distinct shapes. In this paper we present a complete parametric characterization of the shapes for the failure rate function for the mixture. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

两参数Weibull分布参数的联合置信区间

本文推广了文献[1]的方法,给出了定数截尾情况下两参数Weibull分布的形状参数的区间估计,并通过大量的Monte-Carlo模拟考察了优选问题。另外还讨论了两参数的联合区间估计。文章最后通过实例说明了本文方法的应用。     

Design of progressively censored group sampling plans for Weibull distributions: An optimization problem

Optimization algorithms provides efficient solutions to many statistical problems. Essentially, the design of sampling plans for lot acceptance purposes is an optimization problem with several constraints, usually related to the quality levels required by the producer and the consumer. An optimal acceptance sampling plan is developed in this paper for the Weibull distribution with unknown scale parameter. The proposed plan combines grouping of items, sudden death testing in each group and progressive group removals, and its decision criterion is based on the uniformly most powerful life test. A mixed integer programming problem is first solved for determining the minimum number of failures required and the corresponding acceptance constant. The optimal number of groups is then obtained by minimizing a balanced estimation of the expected test cost. Excellent approximately optimal solutions are also provided in closed-forms. The sampling plan is considerably flexible and allows to save experimental time and cost. In general, our methodology achieves solutions that are quite robust to small variations in the Weibull shape parameter. A numerical example about a manufacturing process of gyroscopes is included for illustration.     

Two sample Bayesian prediction intervals for order statistics based on the inverse exponential-type distributions using right censored sample

In this paper, two sample Bayesian prediction intervals for order statistics (OS) are obtained. This prediction is based on a certain class of the inverse exponential-type distributions using a right censored sample. A general class of prior density functions is used and the predictive cumulative function is obtained in the two samples case. The class of the inverse exponential-type distributions includes several important distributions such the inverse Weibull distribution, the inverse Burr distribution, the loglogistic distribution, the inverse Pareto distribution and the inverse paralogistic distribution. Special cases of the inverse Weibull model such as the inverse exponential model and the inverse Rayleigh model are considered.     

TFR、TRV和CE模型序加试验下WEIBULL分布产品的失效分布

本针对TFR模型，首次提出将步加试验推广至序加试验，就两参数Weibull分布给出了损伤因子函数，同时给出了产品寿命的残存函数，另外针对TRV模型，在序加试验下就两参数Weibull分布给出了损伤系数，同时给出了产品寿命的残存函数。     

Asymptotic properties of the estimators of the Weibull distribution parameters

The properties of the maximum likelihood and moment estimators are investigated for the three-dimensional Weibull distribution in the case of arbitrary values of the shape parameter.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 166, pp. 9–16, 1988.     

Parameter estimation of the WMTD model

The MTD （mixture transition distribution） model based on Weibull distribution （WMTD model） is proposed in this paper, which is aimed at its parameter estimation. An EM algorithm for estimation is given and shown to work well by some simulations. And bootstrap method is used to obtain confidence regions for the parameters. Finally, the results of a real example--predicting stock prices--show that the WMTD model proposed is able to capture the features of the data from thick-tailed distribution better than GMTD （mixture transition distribution） model.     

尖峰厚尾保险损失数据的统计建模

保险损失数据的一个重要特点是尖峰厚尾性,即既有大量的小额损失,又有少量的高额损失,使得通常的损失分布模型很难拟合此类数据,从而出现了对各种损失分布模型进行改进的尝试.改进后的模型一方面要有较高的峰度,另一方面又要有较厚的尾部.最近几年文献中出现的改进模型主要是组合模型,即把一个具有非零众数的模型(如对数正态分布或威布尔分布)与一个厚尾分布模型(如帕累托分布或广义帕累托分布)进行组合.讨论了这些组合模型的性质和特点,并与偏t正态分布和偏t分布进行了比较分析,最后应用MCMC方法估计模型参数,并通过一个实际损失数据的拟合分析,表明偏t分布对尖峰厚尾损失数据的拟合要优于目前已经提出的各种组合模型.     

Weibull renewal processes

We study the class of renewal processes with Weibull lifetime distribution from the point of view of the general theory of point processes. We investigate whether a Weibull renewal process can be expressed as a Cox process. It is shown that a Weibull renewal process is a Cox process if and only if 0<1, where denotes the shape parameter of the Weibull distribution. The Cox character of the process is analyzed. It is shown that the directing measure of the process is continuous and singular.     

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设备的平均寿命是可靠性研究中的的一个重要指标.对威布尔分布来说, 由于平均寿命没有明显的枢轴量,因此给出平均寿命的精确的置信限较为困难.本文分别利用广义枢轴量、WCF展开以及三阶法三种方法,得到了设备寿命服从威布尔分布时的平均寿命的(近似)置信下限.最后对上述三种方法分别进行了模拟比较,结果显示文中给出的方法对于中小样本情形下得到的平均寿命的置信限是比较精确的.     

On the exact distribution and mean value function of a geometric process with exponential interarrival times

The geometric process is considered when the distribution of the first interarrival time is assumed to be exponential. An analytical expression for the one dimensional probability distribution of this process is obtained as a solution to a system of recursive differential equations. A power series expansion is derived for the geometric renewal function by using an integral equation and evaluated in a computational perspective. Further, an extension is provided for the power series expansion of the geometric renewal function in the case of the Weibull distribution.     

斑须蝽种群空间分布格局Weibull分布的拟合

Weibull分布的概率密度函数为f(x) =(c/b) [(x -a) /b]c -1exp [(x a) /b]c ,x≥a。本文首次用于拟合班须蝽三代卵块的空间分布 ,8批抽样数据拟合结果表明班须蝽三代卵块在烟田的空间分布遵循Weibull分布。从而丰富了班须蝽种群空间格局的分布理论。同时 ,利用斑须蝽种群空间格局的资料探讨了Weibull分布的参数b、c与种群密度及种群聚集度之间的关系 ,结果表明 ,尺度参数b与种群密度、种群聚集度间均分别存在极显著的线性相关关系 ,形状参数c与种群密度存在极显著的正幂函数相关关系 ,与种群聚集度之间存在极显著负幂函数关系。