Estimation of confidence intervals of quantiles for the Weibull distribution

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 284-309

  Heo, J H ^a   Salas, J D ^b   Kim, K D ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0035538788     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004770100071     Document Type: Article

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