Statistical inference based on the length-biased data for the Inverse Gaussian distribution

Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-337

  Gupta, Ramesh C ^a   Akman, Olcay ^b  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic tests; Coefficient of variation; Inverse Gaussian distribution; Length biased; Mean; Reliability function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032236606     PISSN: 02331888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02331889808802643     Document Type: Article

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