Exponentiated exponential family: An alternative to gamma and Weibull distributions

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 117-130

  Gupta, Rameshwar D ^a   Kundu, Debasis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Fisher Information matrix; Gamma distribution; Hazard rate ordering; Likelihood ratio ordering; Maximum Likelihood Estimator; Stochastic ordering; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPONENTIAL FAMILY; FISHER INFORMATION MATRICES; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD RATE ORDER; LIKELIHOOD RATIO ORDER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; PROPERTY; STOCHASTIC ORDERINGS; WEIBULL;

FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX;

EID: 0035579732     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200102)43:1<117::AID-BIMJ117>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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