Monotone Log-Odds Rate Distributions in Reliability Analysis

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2227-2244

  Wang, Yao ^a   Hossain, Anwar M ^b   Zimmer, William J ^c  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Burr distribution; Log logistic distribution; Monotone failure rate; Monotone log odds rate; Reliability bounds

Indexed keywords

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

RATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

STATISTICS;

EID: 0141923517     PISSN: 03610926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/STA-120024477     Document Type: Article

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