A generalized gamma distribution and its application in reliability

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-210

  Agarwal, S K ^a   Kalla, S L ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Mathematics Department

Author keywords

Displacement parameter; Generalized gamma distribution; Generalized gamma function; Generalized incomplete gamma function; Hazard function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006429206     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610929608831688     Document Type: Article

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