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Transformation approaches for the construction of Weibull prediction interval
Received 31 July 2002.
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Abstract
Two methods of transforming the Weibull data to near normality, namely the Box–Cox method and Kullback–Leibler (KL) information method, are discussed and contrasted. A simple prediction interval (PI) based on the better KL information method is proposed. The asymptotic property of this interval is established. Its small sample behavior is investigated using Monte Carlo simulation. Simulation results show that this simple interval is close to the existing complicated PI where the percentage points of the reference distribution have to be either simulated or approximated. The proposed interval can also be easily adjusted to have the correct asymptotic coverage.
Author Keywords: Box–Cox transformation; Coverage probability; Kullback–Leibler information; Prediction interval; Weibull distribution
Article Outline
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Methods for transforming the Weibull data
- 2.1. The Box–Cox method
- 2.2. The method based on Kullback–Leibler information
- 2.3. A comparison of the two transformation estimates
- 3. The transformation-based prediction interval
- 3.1. The prediction interval and its large sample property
- 3.2. Small sample property of the interval
- 4. A numerical example
- 5. Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix A. Proof of Theorem 3.1.
- References







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