An alternative to the weibull distribution

Communications in Statistics Part B: Simulation and Computation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-137

  Wolstenholme, Linda C ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gamma distribution; Lognormal distribution; Moments; prediction; Probability of selection; Strength testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542638416     PISSN: 03610918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610919608813302     Document Type: Article

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