Order statistics from the Burr type X model

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 111-120

  Raqab, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Burr type X distribution; Minimum variance linear unbiased estimator; Moments of order statistics; Order statistics

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BURR TYPE X MODEL; ORDER STATISTICS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 0032139201     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(98)00143-6     Document Type: Article

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