The main objective of this paper was to analyze the statistical wind data obtained from measurements for the 12 months period of January to December 2008 at Thasala district in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, southern Thailand. The wind speed at heights of 20 m, 30 m, and 40 m above ground level were measured using 3-cup anemometers attached to booms on a 45 m lattice met tower. The recording int...

Bathtub shape is one of the most important behaviors of the hazard rate function that is quite common in lifetime data analysis. Such shapes are actually the combination of three different shapes and, as such, there have been several proposals to model such behavior. One such proposal is to combine at most three different distributions, often the Weibull or some similar model, separately for de...

Lower bounds are typically used to evaluate the performance of heuristics for solving combinatorial minimization problems. In the absence of tight analytical lower bounds, optimal objective-function values may be estimated statistically. In this paper, extreme value theory is used to construct confidence-interval estimates of the minimum makespan achievable when scheduling nonsimilar groups of ...

Different functions, each in the form of a modified Weibull cumulative distribution function (cdf), were joined together to form a segmented cdfto approximate diameter distributions in forest stands. Estimates of five percentile points (the 0th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 100th percentiles) were used to determine a segmented cdf. The segmented cdf and the Weibull distribution were fit to diameter da...

The Weibull distribution is widely used to analyze the cumulative loss of performance, i.e., breakdown, of a complex system in systems engineering. We found for the first time that the difference curve of two Weibull distribution functions almost identically fitted the isovolumically contracting left ventricular (LV) pressure-time curve [P( t)] in all 345 beats (3 beats at each of 5 volumes in ...

Error-rate performance is studied for selection combining (SC) with arbitrary number of diversity branches over generalized correlated Weibull fading channels. Using a transformation of cumulative distribution function of average branch signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), we present the exact error-rate expressions for coherent and noncoherent modulations in infinite series forms. In particular, we de...

The objective of this paper is to define and study new generalized extended gamma functions. A generalized extended gamma probability density function involving generalized hypergeometric function is also defined. Closed form representations of the generalized gamma functions and the moment generating function are derived in the form of H-function using inverse Mellon transform techniques. Inco...

Characterizing the wind speed distribution properly is essential for satisfactory production of potential energy in farms, being mixture models usually employed description such data. However, some commonly have undesirable property non-identifiability. In this work, we present an alternative which able to fit data decently. The new model, called Normal-Weibull-Weibull, identifiable and its cum...

The aim of this study is to investigate how the weibull distribution function compatible with wind data in offshore regions. Especially increase energy demand and advancement technology, importance has increased. Many academic studies on have been conducted are being at same time. Determination potential making investments area accelerated today. Although many made field energy, it not sufficie...

The Weibull distribution has been used in many different fields with many applications. Researchers have been developing various extensions and modified forms of the Weibull distribution, with different number of parameters. In this paper the Transmuted Additive Weibull distribution is used to find out the hazard rate function for the activation of the hypothalamic – pituitary – adrenal axis in...