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Parameter estimation for bivariate Weibull distribution using generalized moment method for reliability evaluation
Author(s) -
Yuan Fuqing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
quality and reliability engineering international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1099-1638
pISSN - 0748-8017
DOI - 10.1002/qre.2276
Subject(s) - weibull distribution , bivariate analysis , mathematics , statistics , estimator , exponentiated weibull distribution , univariate , moment (physics) , reliability (semiconductor) , weibull modulus , joint probability distribution , confidence interval , multivariate statistics , power (physics) , physics , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics
Bivariate Weibull distribution can address the life of a system exhibiting 2‐dimensional characteristics in risk and reliability engineering. The applicability of bivariate Weibull distribution has been hindered by its difficulty with parameter estimation, as the number of parameters in bivariate Weibull distribution is more than those in univariate Weibull distribution. Considering a particular structure of a bivariate Weibull distribution model, this paper proposes a generalized moment method (GMM) for parameter estimation. This GMM method is simple, and it has proved to be efficient. The GMM can guarantee the existence and the uniqueness of the solution. A confidence interval for each estimator is derived from the moments of the bivariate distribution. The paper presents a simulation case and 2 real cases to demonstrate the proposed methods.