Re: Weibull Distribution
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- Subject: [mg5613] Re: [mg5598] Weibull Distribution
- From: Mario Sancho Graca <M.S.Graca at Warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 23:43:42 -0500
- Organization: University of Warwick
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Brian Rigling wrote: >0 > To whom it may concern, >0 > I am trying to work with Weibull distribution. Specifically, I would l= ike to create random numbers under a Weibull distribution and fit a curve= or data with a Weibull distribution. >0 > If anyone could give me insight on how to accomplish this on Mathematic= a 2.x, or even better Mathematica 3.0, it would be much appreciated. > > Thank you, > Brian Rigling Try the standard package Statistics`ContinuousDistributions` which contains the WeibullDistribution. To create random numbers under any distribution consult: Knuth d 1981 'The Art of Computer Programming' Vols I & II, Addison-Wesley 2nd edition and Niedereiter H 1992 'Random Number Generation and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods', SIAM, Philadelphia, PA. It should be possible to construct the fit using the Mathematica functions 'Fit' and/or 'Interpolation' (see Wolfram 1996 The Mathematica Book, section 3.8). Regards, -- M=E1rio Sancho Gra=E7a University of Warwick Department of Engineering Coventry CV4 7AL United Kingdom Email: M.S.Graca at Warwick.ac.uk