Prediction of the maximum size in Wicksell's corpuscle problem

Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-377

  Takahashi, Rinya ^b   Sibuya, Masaaki ^a,c  

^a Takachiho University   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extreme value theory; Generalized gamma distribution; Gumbel distribution; Metal fatigue; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000699241     PISSN: 00203157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003451417655     Document Type: Article

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