Full posterior analysis of three parameter lognormal distribution using Gibbs Sampler

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-230

  Upadhyay, S K ^a   Peshwani, M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 0035641282     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650108812144     Document Type: Article

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