The Generalized Gamma Distribution: Its Hazard Rate and Stress-Strength Model

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 392-397

  Pham, T ^a   Almhana, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Generalized Gamma; Hazard rate; Outlier; Partial ordering; Stress strength model; Tricomi function

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; SERVICE LIFE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES;

HAZARD RATE; OUTLIERS; PARTIAL ORDERING; THREE PARAMETER GENERALIZED GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; TRICOMI FUNCTION;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0029379386     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: 15581721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/24.406571     Document Type: Article

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