Bayesian Inference of the Weibull-Pareto Distribution

<p>The Weibull distribution has many applications in various topics. Some of these topics include survival analysis, reliability engineering, general insurance, electrical engineering, and industrial engineering. The Weibull distribution was further extended by the Weibull-Pareto distribution. A desirable property this distribution has is its shape can skew being able to better model left or right skewed data. Examples of skewed data include human longevity and actuarial data. In this work a hierarchical Bayesian model was developed using the Weibull-Pareto distribution.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Mathematics (M.S.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Dow, James

Contributors dc:contributor

• Charles Champ
• Stephen Carden

• ETD
• Heavy-tailed Distribution
• Weibull-Pareto
• hierarchical Bayesian model
• right censoring
• survival model
• MCMC
• Applied Statistics

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1313

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-2385