A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability
1951/09/01 by Waloddi Weibull · 11,441 citations
Decision Sciences · Engineering · Mathematics · #Applied mathematics #Calculus (dental) #Computer science #Distribution (mathematics) #Distribution function #Diverse Scientific and Engineering Research #Field (mathematics) #Forecasting Techniques and Applications #Function (biology) #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Physics #Simple (philosophy) #Statistical physics #Statistics Education and Methodologies #Thermodynamics
paper · doi:10.1115/1.4010337
published in Journal of Applied Mechanics 18(3), 293-297 (ASM International)
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Abstract
Abstract This paper discusses the applicability of statistics to a wide field of problems. Examples of simple and complex distributions are given.
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