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. 2021 May 11;21(10):3307. doi: 10.3390/s21103307
RAM Reliability Availability and Maintainability
MTTF Mean Time To Fail
TTF Total Time to Fail
weib Weibull Distribution
exp Exponential Distribution
lognor Log Normal Distribution
cdf Cumulative Density Function
pdf Probability Density Function
f(t) pdf of random variable
F(t) cdf for a system
h(t) Hazard Function
λ(t) failure rate
MLE Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Std Standard Error
CI Confidence Intervals
Pr Probability
nor Normal
η eta, Weibull scale parameter
β beta, Weibull distribution shape parameter
sev Survival, smallest extreme value distribution
ssev indicates a standard smallest extreme value distribution
Φ cdf for a standardized location-scale distribution
ϕ pdf for a standardized location-scale distribution
σ sigma, scale parameter for a location-scale distribution
μ mu, location parameter of a location-scale distribution
γ gamma, threshold parameter of the distribution function of T
y unrestricted random variable or a dummy variable
z standard random variable