Prediction Intervals for Future Observations from the Inverse Gaussian Distribution

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 406-408

  Padgett, W J ^a   Tsoi, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

distribution; First passage time; Inverse Gaussian distribution; Life testing; Monte Carlo simulation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS - MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL;

FIRST-PASSAGE TIME DISTRIBUTION; INVERSE GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LIFE ESTIMATION; PREDICTION METHODS;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

EID: 0022794391     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.1986.4335486     Document Type: Article

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