Estimation of Distribution Functions Using Data from Different Environments

Lifetime Data Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-279

  Li, Linxiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; EM algorithm; Minimum repair; MLE; Product limit estimator; Self consistent estimator

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034266599     PISSN: 13807870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009693726220     Document Type: Article

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