Inference for (log) normal life distributions from small singly censored samples and blues

Technometrics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1979, Pages 43-54

  Nelson, Wayne ^a   Schmee, Josef ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

(Log) normal distribution; Best linear unbiased estimates; Confidence limits; Life data; Parameters; Percentiles; Reliabilities; Singly censored data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042266570     PISSN: 00401706     EISSN: 15372723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00401706.1979.10489721     Document Type: Article

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