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This paper studies the two-parameter, left-truncated Weibull distribution (LTWD) with known, fixed, positive truncation pointT. Important hitherto unknown statistical properties of the LTWD are derived. The asymptotic theory of the maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) is invoked to develop parameter confidence intervals and regions. Numerical methods are described for computing the MLEs and for evaluating the exact, asymptotic variances and covariances of the MLEs. An illustrative example is given.
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Wingo, D.R. The left-truncated Weibull distribution: theory and computation. Statistical Papers 30, 39–48 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924307
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02924307