Template:Eyring-weibull mle

Maximum Likelihood Estimation Method

The Eyring-Weibull log-likelihood function is composed of two summation portions:

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} & \ln (L)= & \Lambda =\underset{i=1}{\overset{{{F}_{e}}}{\mathop \sum }}\,{{N}_{i}}\ln \left[ \beta \cdot {{V}_{i}}\cdot {{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}}{{\left( {{T}_{i}}{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta -1}}{{e}^{-{{\left( {{T}_{i}}{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }}}} \right] -\underset{i=1}{\overset{S}{\mathop \sum }}\,N_{i}^{\prime }{{\left( {{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}}T_{i}^{\prime } \right)}^{\beta }}+\overset{FI}{\mathop{\underset{i=1}{\mathop{\underset{}{\overset{}{\mathop \sum }}\,}}\,}}\,N_{i}^{\prime \prime }\ln [R_{Li}^{\prime \prime }-R_{Ri}^{\prime \prime }] \end{align} }[/math]

where:

[math]\displaystyle{ R_{Li}^{\prime \prime }={{e}^{-{{\left( T_{Li}^{\prime \prime }{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }}}} }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ R_{Ri}^{\prime \prime }={{e}^{-{{\left( T_{Ri}^{\prime \prime }{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }}}} }[/math]

and:
• [math]\displaystyle{ {{F}_{e}} }[/math] is the number of groups of exact times-to-failure data points.
• [math]\displaystyle{ {{N}_{i}} }[/math] is the number of times-to-failure data points in the [math]\displaystyle{ {{i}^{th}} }[/math] time-to-failure data group.
• [math]\displaystyle{ \beta }[/math] is the Weibull shape parameter (unknown, the first of three parameters to be estimated).
• [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math] is the Eyring parameter (unknown, the second of three parameters to be estimated).
• [math]\displaystyle{ B }[/math] is the second Eyring parameter (unknown, the third of three parameters to be estimated).
• [math]\displaystyle{ {{V}_{i}} }[/math] is the stress level of the [math]\displaystyle{ {{i}^{th}} }[/math] group.
• [math]\displaystyle{ {{T}_{i}} }[/math] is the exact failure time of the [math]\displaystyle{ {{i}^{th}} }[/math] group.
• [math]\displaystyle{ S }[/math] is the number of groups of suspension data points.
• [math]\displaystyle{ N_{i}^{\prime } }[/math] is the number of suspensions in the [math]\displaystyle{ {{i}^{th}} }[/math] group of suspension data points.
• [math]\displaystyle{ T_{i}^{\prime } }[/math] is the running time of the [math]\displaystyle{ {{i}^{th}} }[/math] suspension data group.
• [math]\displaystyle{ FI }[/math] is the number of interval data groups.
• [math]\displaystyle{ N_{i}^{\prime \prime } }[/math] is the number of intervals in the i [math]\displaystyle{ ^{th} }[/math] group of data intervals.
• [math]\displaystyle{ T_{Li}^{\prime \prime } }[/math] is the beginning of the i [math]\displaystyle{ ^{th} }[/math] interval.
• [math]\displaystyle{ T_{Ri}^{\prime \prime } }[/math] is the ending of the i [math]\displaystyle{ ^{th} }[/math] interval.

The solution (parameter estimates) will be found by solving for the parameters [math]\displaystyle{ \beta , }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ A }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ B }[/math] so that [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{\partial \Lambda }{\partial \beta }=0, }[/math] [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{\partial \Lambda }{\partial A}=0 }[/math] and [math]\displaystyle{ \tfrac{\partial \Lambda }{\partial B}=0 }[/math]

where:

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} & \frac{\partial \Lambda }{\partial A}= & \beta \underset{i=1}{\overset{{{F}_{e}}}{\mathop{\sum }}}\,{{N}_{i}}-\beta \underset{i=1}{\overset{{{F}_{e}}}{\mathop{\sum }}}\,{{N}_{i}}{{\left( {{T}_{i}}{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }} -\beta \underset{i=1}{\overset{S}{\mathop{\sum }}}\,N_{i}^{\prime }{{\left( T_{i}^{\prime }{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }} \overset{FI}{\mathop{-\underset{i=1}{\mathop{\underset{}{\overset{}{\mathop \sum }}\,}}\,}}\,N_{i}^{\prime \prime }\frac{\beta V_{i}^{\beta }{{e}^{A\beta -\tfrac{B\beta }{{{V}_{i}}}}}\left[ {{(T_{Li}^{\prime \prime })}^{\beta }}R_{Li}^{\prime \prime }-{{(T_{Ri}^{\prime \prime })}^{\beta }}R_{Ri}^{\prime \prime } \right]}{R_{Li}^{\prime \prime }-R_{Ri}^{\prime \prime }} \end{align} }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} & \frac{\partial \Lambda }{\partial B}= & -\beta \underset{i=1}{\overset{{{F}_{e}}}{\mathop{\sum }}}\,{{N}_{i}}\frac{1}{{{V}_{i}}}+\beta \underset{i=1}{\overset{{{F}_{e}}}{\mathop{\sum }}}\,{{N}_{i}}\frac{1}{{{V}_{i}}}{{\left( {{T}_{i}}{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }} +\beta \underset{i=1}{\overset{S}{\mathop{\sum }}}\,N_{i}^{\prime }\frac{1}{{{V}_{i}}}{{\left( T_{i}^{\prime }{{V}_{i}}{{e}^{A-\tfrac{B}{{{V}_{i}}}}} \right)}^{\beta }} +\overset{FI}{\mathop{\underset{i=1}{\mathop{\underset{}{\overset{}{\mathop \sum }}\,}}\,}}\,N_{i}^{\prime \prime }\frac{\beta V_{i}^{(\beta -1)}{{e}^{A\beta -\tfrac{B\beta }{{{V}_{i}}}}}\left[ {{(T_{Li}^{\prime \prime })}^{\beta }}R_{Li}^{\prime \prime }-{{(T_{Ri}^{\prime \prime })}^{\beta }}R_{Ri}^{\prime \prime } \right]}{R_{Li}^{\prime \prime }-R_{Ri}^{\prime \prime }} \end{align} }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \begin{align} \frac{\partial \Lambda}{\partial \beta}= & \frac{1}{\beta}\sum_{i=1}^{F_e} N_i\frac{1}{V_i}+\sum_{i=1}^{F_e} N_i ln\left(T_iV_i e^{A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}}\right) -\sum_{i=1}^{F_e} N_i\left(T_iV_i e^{A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}}\right)^\beta ln\left(T_iV)i e^{A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}}\right)\\ & -\sum_{i=1}^S N_i^'\left(T_i^'V_I e^{A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}}\right)^\beta ln\left(T_iV)i e^{A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}}\right) -\sum_{i=1}^{FI} N_i^{''}V_i e^{A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}}\frac{R_{Li}^{''} T_{Li}^{''}\left(ln(T_{Li}^' V_i)+A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}\right)-R_{Ri}^{''} T_{Ri}^{''}\left(ln(T_{Ri}^{''} V_i)+A-\tfrac{B}{V_i}\right)}{R_{L_i}^{''}-F_{Ri}^{''}} \end{align} }[/math]