Parameter estimation of the Gompertz population

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Chen, Zhenmin ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact estimation; Gompertz distribution; Joint confidence region; Type II censored data

Indexed keywords

STATISTICS;

CENSORED DATA; CONFIDENCE REGION; EXACT ESTIMATION; GOMPERTZ DISTRIBUTIONS; GOMPERTZ POPULATION; JOINT CONFIDENCE; JOINT CONFIDENCE REGION; PARAMETERS ESTIMATION; TYPE II; TYPE II CENSORED DATA;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 0031496617     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.4710390111     Document Type: Article

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