Application of the Weibull distribution to some instances of cell survival; of neoplastic survival, and of ageing
- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The British Journal of Radiology
- Vol. 48 (575), 913-917
- https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-48-575-913
Abstract
The Weibull distribution has been applied to several processes of survival with either increasing, decreasing or constant hazard rate. In cases of survival where shoulder and exponential segments have been postulated the Weibull distribution seems to fit them.Keywords
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