[R] Weibull Likelihod function.

[Prof Brian Ripley]

For a log-likelihood, just  sum values of dweibull(x, log=TRUE)

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, rkevinburton at charter.net wrote:

> Is there a likelihod function for the Weibull distribution in 'R'? I found the following reference:
>
> http://www.weibull.com/LifeDataWeb/weibull_log_likelihood_functions_and_their_partials.htm
>
> But I had a hard time understanding the parameters required Particularly 'number of groups of times-to-failure data points", "number of groups of suspension data points", and "number of interval failure data groups".
>
> Maybe if there is a likelihood function within 'R' the documentation will be a little better and contain some examples.
>
> I would like the likelihood function for some Bayesian inference and the Weibull distribution seems to closely resemble my prior data distribution.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Kevin

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