Statistical inference for the common mean of two log-normal distributions and some applications in reliability

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3141-3164

  Gupta, Ramesh C ^a   Li, Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimating common mean; Score test; Strength stress model

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ESTIMATING COMMON MEAN; SCORE TEST; STRENGTH-STRESS MODEL;

INFERENCE ENGINES;

EID: 33646578523     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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