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Weibull distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the Weibull distribution /ˈwaɪbʊl/ is a continuous probability distribution. It models a broad range of random variables, largely in the nature of a time to failure or time between events. Examples are maximum one-day rainfalls and the time a user spends on a web page.

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CDF
F ( x ) = { 1 − e − ( x / λ ) k , x ≥ 0 , 0 , x < 0. {\displaystyle F(x)={\begin{cases}1-e^{-(x/\lambda )^{k}},&x\geq 0,\\0,&x<0.\end{cases}}}
CF
∑ n = 0 ∞ ( i t ) n λ n n ! Γ ( 1 + n / k ) {\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(it)^{n}\lambda ^{n}}{n!}}\Gamma (1+n/k)}
Entropy
γ ( 1 − 1 / k ) + ln ⁡ ( λ / k ) + 1 {\displaystyle \gamma (1-1/k)+\ln(\lambda /k)+1\,}
Excess kurtosis
(see text)
Kullback–Leibler divergence
see below
Mean
λ Γ ( 1 + 1 / k ) {\displaystyle \lambda \,\Gamma (1+1/k)\,}

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Weibull distributionCDFF ( x ) = { 1 − e − ( x / λ ) k , x ≥ 0 , 0 , x < 0. {\displaystyle F(x)={\begin{cases}1-e^{-(x/\lambda )^{k}},&x\geq 0,\\0,&x<0.\end{cases}}}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionCF∑ n = 0 ∞ ( i t ) n λ n n ! Γ ( 1 + n / k ) {\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {(it)^{n}\lambda ^{n}}{n!}}\Gamma (1+n/k)}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionEntropyγ ( 1 − 1 / k ) + ln ⁡ ( λ / k ) + 1 {\displaystyle \gamma (1-1/k)+\ln(\lambda /k)+1\,}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionExcess kurtosis(see text)1.00infobox
Weibull distributionKullback–Leibler divergencesee below1.00infobox
Weibull distributionMeanλ Γ ( 1 + 1 / k ) {\displaystyle \lambda \,\Gamma (1+1/k)\,}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionMedianλ ( ln ⁡ 2 ) 1 / k {\displaystyle \lambda (\ln 2)^{1/k}\,}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionMGF∑ n = 0 ∞ t n λ n n ! Γ ( 1 + n / k ) , k ≥ 1 {\displaystyle \sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{\frac {t^{n}\lambda ^{n}}{n!}}\Gamma (1+n/k),\ k\geq 1}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionMode{ λ ( k − 1 k ) 1 / k , k > 1 , 0 , k ≤ 1. {\displaystyle {\begin{cases}\lambda \left({\frac {k-1}{k}}\right)^{1/k}\,,&k>1,\\0,&k\leq 1.\end{cases}}}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionParametersλ ∈ ( 0 , + ∞ ) {\displaystyle \lambda \in (0,+\infty )\,} scale k ∈ ( 0 , + ∞ ) {\displaystyle k\in (0,+\infty )\,} shape1.00infobox
Weibull distributionPDFf ( x ) = { k λ ( x λ ) k − 1 e − ( x / λ ) k , x ≥ 0 , 0 , x < 0. {\displaystyle f(x)={\begin{cases}{\frac {k}{\lambda }}\left({\frac {x}{\lambda }}\right)^{k-1}e^{-(x/\lambda…1.00infobox
Weibull distributionQuantileQ ( p ) = λ ( − ln ⁡ ( 1 − p ) ) 1 k {\displaystyle Q(p)=\lambda (-\ln(1-p))^{\frac {1}{k}}}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionSkewnessΓ ( 1 + 3 / k ) λ 3 − 3 μ σ 2 − μ 3 σ 3 {\displaystyle {\frac {\Gamma (1+3/k)\lambda ^{3}-3\mu \sigma ^{2}-\mu ^{3}}{\sigma ^{3}}}}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionSupportx ∈ [ 0 , + ∞ ) {\displaystyle x\in [0,+\infty )\,}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionVarianceλ 2 [ Γ ( 1 + 2 k ) − ( Γ ( 1 + 1 k ) ) 2 ] {\displaystyle \lambda ^{2}\left[\Gamma \left(1+{\frac {2}{k}}\right)-\left(\Gamma \left(1+{\frac {1}{k}}\right)\right)^{2}\right]\,}1.00infobox
Weibull distributionis ahyperbolastic distribution of type III.Cumulative distribution functionThe cumulative distribution function for the Weibull distribution is F0.90text
Weibull distributionis amaximum entropy distribution for a non-negative real random variate with a fixed expected value of xk equal to λk and a fixed expected value of ln0.90text
Weibull distributionis ahyperbolastic distribution of type III0.90text
Weibull distributionis ageneralized gamma distribution with both shape parameters equal to k.The translated Weibull distribution0.90text
Weibull distributionis aspecial case of the generalized extreme value distribution0.90text

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