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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 37, Issue 1, Pages 369-380Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2016.07.008
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Weibull; Extreme value distribution; Unbiased estimation; Weibull modulus; Linear least squares
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The wide applicability of the Weibull distribution to fields such as hydrology and materials science has led to a large number of probability estimators being proposed, in particular for the widely used technique of obtaining the Weibull modulus, m, using unweighted linear least squares (LLS) analysis. In this work a systematic approach using the Monte Carlo method has been taken to determining the optimal probability estimators for unbiased estimation of in (mean, median and mode) using the general equation F = (i - a) / (N + b) whilst simultaneously minimising the coefficient of variation for each of the average values. A wide range of a and b values were investigated within the region 0 <= a <= 1 and 1 <= b <= 1000 with the form of F = (i - a) / (N + 1) being chosen as the recommend probability estimator equation due to its simplicity and relatively small coefficient of variation. Values of a as a function of N were presented for the mean, median and mode m values. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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