Talk:Waloddi Weibull

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Correct pronunciation?[edit]

What is the correct way to pronouce Weibull ? DFH 17:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The name is Swedish and pronounced vei - bul, with the accent on the first syllable.
The vei is pronounced as the first part of the English veil or vein.
The bul is pronounced as the first part of the English bulb or bulge.
Rgds / 213.64.31.72 12:50, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

THE article[edit]

Hi! Can anybody tell me the exact name of The article, in which the weibull model used in the survival analysis (or the weibull distribution??) was announced? I mean something similar to the case of Cox model, which is also used in survival analysis, where the key article is DR Cox (1972) Regression models and life tables Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 34:187-220. Thx! --Gbaor 16:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I suppose this is the first official report, data from: Swedish National Library [1] says

author: Weibull, Waloddi, 1887-1979
title: A statistical theory of the strength of materials
publisher/year: Stockholm, 1939
scope: 45 pgs.
series: Handlingar / Ingeniörsvetenskapsakademien, ISSN 0368-069X ; 151

Series' name in English is: "Proceedings Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences".
According to another source, the report number 151 might be 153.

Another fairly early report is W. Weibull: A statistical distribution function of wide applicability J. of appl Mechanics (1951) p. 293/97

Rgds, 213.64.31.72 10:54, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Zou helped me a lot! :) --Gbaor 12:10, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Family origins[edit]

Even though the family originally came from Sönderjylland , they had been living in Scania since the beginning of the 1700th century. This area was a part of Denmark until it became Swedish in 1658. Thus, the family didn't really immigrate to Sweden. Sorce: The Weibull family. --Edaen (talk) 19:03, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]