Elsevier, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2(74), p. 211-219
DOI: 10.1016/s0951-8320(01)00108-9
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In this paper we study the n-fold multiplicative model involving Weibull distributions and examine some properties of the model. These include the shapes for the density and failure rate functions and the WPP plot. These allow one to decide if a given data set can be adequately modelled by the model. We also discuss the estimation of model parameters based on the WPP plot. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.