Interval estimation for log-normal mean with applications to water quality

Environmetrics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  El Shaarawi, Abdel H ^a   Lin, Jing ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Load estimation; Log normal; Mean level, ratio, upstream downstream student t; Parametric and non parametric confidence intervals; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846441662     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.798     Document Type: Article

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