Abstract Statistical inferences of the parameters included in a competing risks model are presented. It is assumed here that the causes of failures may occur at times that follow modified Weibull distributions. The case of Weibull distributions can be derived as special case of the problem studied in this paper. The maximum likelihood procedure is used to get the point estimations and asymptoti...

Bathtub shape is one of the most important behaviors of the hazard rate function that is quite common in lifetime data analysis. Such shapes are actually the combination of three different shapes and, as such, there have been several proposals to model such behavior. One such proposal is to combine at most three different distributions, often the Weibull or some similar model, separately for de...

Engineering structures must be designed for an extremely low failure probability, Pf < 10 6. To determine the corresponding structural strength, a mechanics-based probability distribution model is required. Recent studies have shown that quasibrittle structures that fail at the macrocrack initiation from a single representative volume element (RVE) can be statistically modeled as a finite chain...

background: combination of cyromazine as an insect growth regulator (igr) and nasonia vitripennis (hymenop tera: pteromalidae) a parasitic wasp may be an effective tool for reducing the house-fly populations in poultry houses and livestock farms. this study was conducted to assess the side effects of the igr cyromazine on the level of parasit ism and numbers and the longevity of emerged n. vitr...

Various characterizations of the well-known modified Weibull and log-modified Weibull distributions are presented. These characterizations are based on a simple relationship between two truncated moments; on the hazard function and on functions of the order statistics. Zusammenfassung: Diverse Charakteristika der gut bekannten modifizierten Weibull und log-modifizierten Weibull Verteilungen wer...