Term of Award
Summer 2015
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mathematics (M.S.)
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Committee Chair
Arpita Chatterjee
Committee Member 1
Charles Champ
Committee Member 2
Stephen Carden
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Dow, James, "Bayesian Inference of the Weibull-Pareto Distribution" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1313.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1313
