Inference on overlap coefficients under the Weibull distribution: Equal shape parameter

O Al-Saidy, HM Samawi, MF Al-Saleh - ESAIM: Probability and …, 2005 - cambridge.org
In this paper we consider three measures of overlap, namely Matusia's measure ρ, Morisita's
measure λ and Weitzman's measure Δ. These measures are usually used in quantitative …

Overlap coefficients based on Kullback-Leibler of two normal densities: Equal means case

H Dhaker, P Ngom, B Ibrahimou, M Mbodji - 2018 - preprints.org
Overlap coefficient (OVL) represents the proportion of overlap between two probability
distributions, as a measure of the similarity between them. In this paper, we define a new …

Overlap coefficients based on Kullback-Leibler divergence: exponential populations case

H Dhaker, P Ngom, M Mbodj - arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.02671, 2017 - arxiv.org
This article is devoted to the study of overlap measures of densities of two exponential
populations. Various Overlapping Coefficients, namely: Matusita's measure $\rho …

On estimation of overlapping measures for exponential populations under progressive first failure censoring

A Helu, H Samawi - Quality Technology & Quantitative …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Overlapping coefficient is a direct measure of similarity between two distributions which is
recently becoming very useful in many fields of applications including microarray analysis …

Interference on overlapping coefficients in two exponential populations

MF Al-Saleh, HM Samawi - Journal of Modern Applied …, 2007 - digitalcommons.wayne.edu
Three measures of overlap, namely Matusita's measureρ, Morisita's measure λ and
Weitzman's measure Δ are investigated in this article for two exponential populations with …

[PDF][PDF] Estimation of the Weibull parameters by Kullback-Leibler divergence of Survival functions

G Yari, A Mirhabibi, A Saghafi - Appl. Math. Inf. Sci, 2013 - naturalspublishing.com
Recently, a new entropy based divergence measure has been introduced which is much like
Kullback-Leibler divergence. This entropy measures the distance between an empirical and …

Discriminating between Weibull and log-normal distributions based on Kullback-Leibler divergence

AA Bromıdeh - Istanbul University Econometrics and Statistics e …, 2012 - dergipark.org.tr
The Weibull and Log-Normal distributions are frequently used in reliability to analyze lifetime
(or failure time) data. The ratio of maximized likelihood (RML) has been extensively used in …

A Weibull-based score test for heterogeneity

AC Kimber - Lifetime Data Analysis, 1996 - Springer
The Weibull distribution is a natural starting point in the modelling of failure times in
reliability, material strength data and many other applications that involve lifetime data. In …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of the reliability parameter for three-parameter Weibull models

JA Montoya, E Díaz-Francés, G Figueroa - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2019 - Elsevier
For X and Y independent three-parameter Weibull random variables, the estimation of the
reliability parameter δ= P (Y< X) is important in applications of failure times and stress …

Kullback–Leibler divergence: A quantile approach

PG Sankaran, SM Sunoj, NU Nair - Statistics & Probability Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Divergence measures play an important role in measuring the distance between two
probability distribution functions. Kullback–Leibler divergence function is a popular measure …