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Using the Mixed Weibull Distribution in Weibull++


To use the mixed Weibull distribution, simply select the Mixed option under Parameters/Type, and click the Calculate icon. A window will appear asking you which form of the mixed Weibull you would like to use, i.e. S = 2, 3 or 4. In other words, How many subpopulations would you like to consider?

Simply select the number of subpopulations you would like to consider and click OK. The application will automatically calculate the parameters of each subpopulation for you.

Viewing the Calculated Parameters

When using the Mixed Weibull option, the parameters given in the result area apply to different subpopulations. To view the results for a particular subpopulation, select the subpopulation, as shown next.





About the Calculated Parameters

Weibull++ uses the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 (or first, second, third and fourth subpopulation) to identify each subpopulation. These are just designations for each subpopulation, and they are ordered based on the value of the scale parameter, $$\eta $$. Since the equation used is additive or:


 * $${{R}_{1,..,S}}(T)=\underset{i=1}{\overset{S}{\mathop \sum }}\,\frac{N}{{e}^{-{{\left( \tfrac{T}{{{\eta }_{i}}} \right)}^}}}$$

the order of the subpopulations which are given the designation 1, 2, 3, or 4 is of no consequence. For consistency, the application will always return the order of the results based on the magnitude of the scale parameter.