A novel method for fitting unimodal continuous distributions on a bounded domain utilizing expert judgment estimates

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-436

  Kotz, Samuel ^a   Van Dorp, Johan René ^a  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

FITTING UNIMODAL CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; NOVEL FITTING PROCEDURE;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33644795841     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170500517267     Document Type: Article

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