Bias correction for censored data with exponential lifetimes

Statistica Sinica

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 941-963

  Pettitt, A N ^a   Kelly, J M ^a   Gao, J T ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bias reduction; Censored data; Exponential model; Failure data; Penalised likelihood; Regression model; Type I censoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032379707     PISSN: 10170405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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