Application of multi criteria method to identify the best-fit statistical distribution

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 926-932

  Shabri, Ani ^a   Jemain, Abdul Aziz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy majority; Fuzzy preference relations; Goodness of fit test; L moments

Indexed keywords

FUZZY MAJORITY; FUZZY PREFERENCE RELATIONS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; L-MOMENTS; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING METHODS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS METHODS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

TECHNOLOGY;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 33646338608     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.926.932     Document Type: Article

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