Nonparametric estimation of a lifetime distribution when censoring times are missing

Technometrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Hu, X Joan ^a   Lawless, Jerald F ^b   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incomplete data; Moment estimates; Warranty reports

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CENSORING TIMES; DATASETS; LIFETIME DISTRIBUTION; NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION; WARRANTY REPORTS;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 0031999367     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1998.10485477     Document Type: Article

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