Characterization of the Pearson system of distributions based on reliability measures

Statistical Papers

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-360

  Asadi, Majid ^a  

^a Probability and Statistics Section   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characterization; Hazard function; Mean residual life; Pearson system of distributions; Vitality function; Weighted distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542397869     PISSN: 09325026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02927098     Document Type: Article

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