Estimation of the location and scale parameters of generalized exponential distribution based on order statistics

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-123

  Raqab, Mohammad Z ^a   Ahsanullah, M ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased estimators; Digamma, polygamma and hypergeometric functions; Generalized exponential distribution; Location and scale parameters; Moments of order statistics; Order statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035648088     PISSN: 00949655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00949650108812085     Document Type: Article

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