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Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) Distribution

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Parameters

- shape parameter ()
- scale parameter ()
- location parameter ( yields the two-parameter Fatigue Life distribution)

Domain

Probability Density Function (PDF)

Fatigue Life distribution PDF

Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) Distribution Fitting

EasyFit allows to automatically or manually fit the Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) distribution and 40 additional distributions to your data, compare the results, and select the best fitting model using the goodness of fit tests and interactive graphs.

Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) Distribution Graphs and Properties

EasyFit displays all graphs and properties of the Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) distribution, presenting the results in an easy to read & understand manner. EasyFit calculates statistical moments (mean, variance etc.), quantiles, tail probabilities depending on the distribution parameters you specify.

Random Numbers from the Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) Distribution

You can easily generate random numbers from the Fatigue Life (Birnbaum-Saunders) distribution in a variety of ways:

  • directly from EasyFit
  • in Excel sheets using the worksheet functions provided by EasyFitXL
  • in your VBA applications using the EasyFitXL library

Excel Worksheet and VBA Functions

EasyFitXL enables you to use the following functions in your Excel sheets and VBA applications:

Function Name
Description
FatigueLifePdf Probability Density Function
FatigueLifeCdf Cumulative Distribution Function
FatigueLifeHaz Hazard Function
FatigueLifeInv Inverse CDF (Quantile Function)
FatigueLifeRand Random Numbers
FatigueLifeMean Mean
FatigueLifeVar Variance
FatigueLifeStdev Standard Deviation