Distinguishing Between Lognormal and Weibull Distributions.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cain, Stephen R.
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Reliability. Mar2002, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p32. 7p. 11 Graphs.
- Subject
- *DISTRIBUTION (Probability theory)
*MONTE Carlo method
*STANDARD deviations
- Language
- ISSN
- 0018-9529
Compares the lognormal and Weibull distributions for probability plots of the time-to-fail data. Use of Monte Carlo simulations for normal to good distribution; Estimation of the mean and standard deviation of test statistics; Evaluation of the probability of the hypothesis test errors.