Univariate Weibull Distributions and Their Applications
Keywords:
univariate Weibull distribution, multivariate Weibull distribution, application areas, p.d.f, c.d.f, maximum likelihood estimationAbstract
The aim of the paper is to bring out the short and concise review of the Univariate Weibull distributions along with their properties. The area of applications is emphasized at the end of the sections.
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